单词 | booby trap |
释义 | booby trap (once / 29623 pages) n WORD FAMILY booby trap: booby traps USAGE EXAMPLESWith his disability benefits cut off, he’s forced to apply for unemployment—a process mined with booby traps at every turn. Slate(Dec 21, 2016) Another soldier, who had stumbled into a booby trap, pale on his stretcher with a hole in his chest. Washington Post(Nov 28, 2016) The strikes targeted an industrial area where Islamic State is thought to be making booby traps and transforming vehicles into car bombs, he said. Reuters(Nov 23, 2016) 1n an explosive mine hidden underground; explodes when stepped on or driven over Syn|Hypo|Hyper ground-emplaced mine, land mine bouncing betty an antipersonnel land mine claymore, claymore minean antipersonnel land mine whose blast is aimed at the oncoming enemy mine explosive device that explodes on contact; designed to destroy vehicles or ships or to kill or maim personnel 2n an unforeseen or unexpected or surprising difficulty Syn|Hyper pitfall difficulty a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result |
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