booby trap
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˈbooby trap, booby-trap noun [countable] 1 PMWa hidden bomb that explodes when you touch something else that is connected to it 伪装地雷[炸弹]，诡雷，饵雷 He lost both legs in a booby trap bomb blast. 他在一次饵雷爆炸中失去了双腿。2. JOKEa harmless trap that you arrange for someone as a joke 〔开玩笑的〕陷阱，机关，恶作剧的把戏 —booby-trapped adjective —booby trap verb [transitive]
Examples from the Corpus
booby trap• Detectives want to establish whether Mr Jowett, 43, was killed by a booby trap or in an elaborate suicide.• We must have moved all of a foot and a half before we hit a booby trap.• If it really was a bomb, unzipping the cover would almost certainly trip a booby trap.ˈbooby trap nounChineseSyllable
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booby trap
ˈbooby trap
, booby-trap noun [countable]
1. a hidden bomb that explodes when you touch something else that is connected to it:
He lost both legs in a booby trap bomb blast.
2. a harmless trap that you arrange for someone as a joke
—booby-trapped adjective
—booby trap verb [transitive]
ˈbooby trap
, booby-trap noun [countable]1. a hidden bomb that explodes when you touch something else that is connected to it:
2. a harmless trap that you arrange for someone as a joke
—booby-trapped adjective
—booby trap verb [transitive]