| 单词 | snare |
| 释义 | snare snare1 —snareless, adj. —snarer, n. —snaringly, adv. /snair/, n. , v. , snared, snaring. n. 1. a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game. 2. anything serving to entrap or entangle unawares; trap. 3. Surg. a wire noose for removing tumors or the like by the roots or at the base. v.t. 4. to catch with a snare; entangle. 5. to catch or involve by trickery or wile: to snare her into going. [bef. 1100; ME (n. and v.); c. ON snara, MLG snare, OHG snar(a)ha] Syn. 1. See trap1. 2. net, seine. snare2 /snair/, n. one of the strings of gut or of tightly spiraled metal stretched across the skin of a snare drum. [1680-90; < MLG snare or MD snaer string; r. OE sner string of a musical instrument] |
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