| 单词 | snare |
| 释义 | snare (once / 639 pages) 1nv 2n A snare is a trap, usually for small animals, and using a noose. Snare can also mean to trap in general or any type of trap, like the snare of a TV cliffhanger that traps you into watching again. If writers are to be believed, we are surrounded by snares. Francis Beaumont implores us to know that “the world’s a snare.” And Hilda Doolittle asserts that “a snare is Love.” Still Soren Kierkegaard lets us know that “the truth is a snare: you cannot have it, without being caught.” Whoever is right, it seems that you can’t escape. A snare is also a type of small drum that rattles, as well as a wire loop used by surgeons. WORD FAMILYsnare: ensnare, snared, snarer, snares, snaring+/ensnare: ensnared, ensnares, ensnaring/snarer: snarers USAGE EXAMPLESThat point of contention snared the Los Angeles rapper’s attention. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) In 1845 John Snare, a Reading bookseller, acquired for £8 a portrait of Charles I undertaken shortly before he became king. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) The ballad opens with an electric piano, organ, bass and guitar playing the introduction backed only by a snare drum. Wall Street Journal(Dec 27, 2016) 1 1n a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose Syn|Hyper gin, noose trap a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned 2n something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares it was all a snare and delusion Syn|Hypo|Hyper trap iron trap a trap from which there is no escape speed trapa trap arranged on a roadway for catching speeders design, plan an arrangement scheme 3n a surgical instrument consisting of wire hoop that can be drawn tight around the base of polyps or small tumors to sever them; used especially in body cavities Hyper surgical instrument a medical instrument used in surgery 4v catch in or as if in a trap Syn|Hypo|Hyper ensnare, entrap, trammel, trap gin trap with a snare capture, catch capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping 5v entice and trap 2The car salesman had snared three potential customers Syn|Hyper hook accost, hook, solicit approach with an offer of sexual favors entice, lure, tempt provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion 1n a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head Syn|Hyper side drum, snare drum drum, membranophone, tympan a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end 2n strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum; they make a rattling sound when the drum is hit Hyper string a tightly stretched cord of wire or gut, which makes sound when plucked, struck, or bowed |
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