trap

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trap1 /træp/ ●●○ noun [countable]  1  for animals 用于动物CATCH a piece of equipment for catching animals 〔捕捉动物的〕夹子，罗网，陷阱 The only way to catch mice is to set a trap. 抓老鼠的唯一办法就是放置捕鼠器。 He stepped into a bear trap covered in snow. 他踩到了埋在雪里的一个捕熊夹。 → mousetrap →4  See picture of 见图 trap2  clever trick 聪明的计策TRICK/DECEIVE a clever trick that is used to catch someone or to make them do or say something that they did not intend to 圈套，陷阱；诡计lay/set a trap (for somebody) Police had set a trap for hooligans at the match. 警方在那场比赛中给闹事者设了圈套。fall/walk into a trap Mr Smith has walked straight into a trap laid by the Tories. 史密斯先生直接落入了保守党布设的圈套。3  bad situation 恶劣的处境UNPLEASANTESCAPE an unpleasant or difficult situation that is difficult to escape from 牢笼；困境 Amanda felt that marriage was a trap. 阿曼达觉得婚姻是个牢笼。debt/unemployment etc trap people caught in the unemployment trap 陷入失业困境中的人们4  fall into/avoid the trap of doing something MISTAKEto do something that seems good at the time but is not sensible or wise, or to avoid doing this 落入/避开做某事的陷阱 Don’t fall into the trap of investing all your money in one place. 不要掉进陷阱，把你所有的钱都投资到一个地方。5  keep your trap shut spokenQUIET a rude way of telling someone to not say anything about things that are secret 闭上你的嘴〔一种无礼的说法，叫某人不要把秘密说出去〕 Just keep your trap shut. 你就闭嘴吧。6. shut your trap! spokenQUIET a rude way of telling someone to stop talking 闭上你的嘴！7. vehicle 车辆TTB a vehicle with two wheels, pulled by a horse 双轮轻便马车8. sport 体育运动 American EnglishDSG sandtrap 〔高尔夫球场的〕沙坑 SYN British English bunker9. dog race 赛狗DSO a special gate from which a greyhound is set free at the beginning of a race 〔赛狗开始时放狗出笼的〕围栏 → booby trap, death trap, → poverty trap at poverty(3), → speed trap, tourist trap

Examples from the Corpus

trap• I didn't take the money with me, because I was worried it might be a trap.• He informed the Sheriffs of his planned meeting, and helped lay another trap to make the final arrests.• But trappers will keep tabs on the extra traps until February, officials said.• Usually Gloria told her to shut her trap.• To cap it off, the last but one trap contained a ten pounder.• The sun was moving across the sky and we had almost forgotten to check our traps.• If we're lucky, the thief will fall right into our trap.• This is the phenomenon generally known as the poverty trap.• Sensing the lawyer's trap, Horvath refused to answer.• They rolled faster and faster, a steel trap of locomotion and churning rhythms, down the hill.set ... trap• They are setting a trap for me, she decided.• Or, you can set traps for them to prevent then from reaching the pots to lay their eggs.• So Gharr no only had Mala but also knew our pod and had set a trap for me.• Beatrix had set a trap for Maurice and he had walked straight into it.• She sets a trap and sets off a series of events that entangle household, family and friends.• She must remember to tell Mrs Cooke to set a trap.• It may be necessary to set a trap for him.lay/set a trap (for somebody)• They are setting a trap for me, she decided.• Or, you can set traps for them to prevent then from reaching the pots to lay their eggs.• Beatrix had set a trap for Maurice and he had walked straight into it.• And the speaker may be totally unaware of laying a trap.• She sets a trap and sets off a series of events that entangle household, family and friends.• It may be necessary to set a trap for him.• Clare wouldn't put it past Sam to use a rat to lay a trap for her.debt/unemployment etc trap• Job fears and the mortgage debt trap are failing to halt the housing slump.• It became a more serious potential debt trap than running up bills at retailers.• Susan George reveals the dynamic behind the debt trap.• So could her friends Michelle, Lenny, Tony, Sue a whole line of people caught in the unemployment trap.• This is likely to be particularly serious if either the poverty trap or the unemployment trap is encountered.• This has led a number of commentators to argue that the unemployment trap is now of little importance to the real world.• The unemployment trap has been substantially eased and the simplification of social security has had major effects.trap2 ●●○ verb (trapped, trapping) [transitive]  1  in a dangerous place 在危险的地点PREVENT to prevent someone from escaping from somewhere, especially a dangerous place 困住；使陷于危险中 Twenty miners were trapped underground. 20名矿工被困在地下。 The building collapsed, trapping dozens of people in the rubble. 楼房倒塌，很多人被困在了瓦砾下面。 There’s no way out! We’re trapped! 出不去！我们被困住了！n Grammar Trap is often passive in this meaning.2  IN A BAD SITUATION 在恶劣的处境中be/feel trapped ESCAPEto be in a bad situation from which you cannot escape 陷于困境/感觉被困住be/feel trapped in Julia felt trapped in her role of wife and mother. 朱莉娅觉得自己被为人妻母的角色束缚住了。3. animal 动物CATCH to catch an animal or bird using a trap 用陷阱捕猎，用捕捉器捕捉4  catch SB 抓住某人CATCH to catch someone by forcing them into a place from which they cannot escape 把…困住〔以便抓捕〕，迫使进入 The police trapped the terrorists at a roadblock. 警察在设有路障的地方堵住了恐怖分子。► see thesaurus at catch5  trick 欺骗TRICK/DECEIVE to trick someone so that you make them do or say something that they did not intend to 使陷入圈套，使中计trap somebody into (doing) something I was trapped into signing a confession. 我被骗签了一份供词。6  crush 挤压SQUASH British English to get a part of your body crushed between two objects 夹住，卡住 SYN American English pinch Mind you don’t trap your fingers in the door. 小心别让门夹了手指头。 pain from a trapped nerve 神经受压迫引起的疼痛7  gas/water etc 气体/水等KEEP/STORE to prevent something such as gas or water from getting away 留存，储存〔气、水等〕 solar panels that trap the sun’s heat 储存太阳热量的太阳能电池板→ See Verb table

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trap• Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, each molecule trapping 25 times as much heat radiation as one molecule of carbon dioxide.• Then the Eustachian tube collapsed and the material was trapped.• The men were trapped at a road block near the junction of I-95 and Route 128.• Greenhouse gases trap heat in the earth's atmosphere.• Some trapped heat is necessary to sustain life, but excessive accumulation can lead to warming.• You know there is a gay man trapped in her body!• Also, one photo shows a large object that resembles an iceberg trapped in solid sea ice.• Workers were trapped in the ship's engine room by the fire.• Police have the man trapped inside a bar on the city's southside.• Police have the man trapped inside the bar.• I meant at least to insulate the nest with some polystyrene ceiling tiles, but I was afraid of trapping the animal inside.• The pollution is worst during winter, when thermal inversions trap the warmer polluted air above the city.trap somebody into (doing) something• The politicians had trapped him into a game played by their rules.• Teenagers like Kelly say the tough fines have trapped her into a life of prostitution.• This is an easy trap to fall into because humans quite naturally promote people on the basis of superior performance.• They have trapped Blue into doing nothing, into being so inactive-as to reduce his life to almost no life at all.• I must take no notice of their politeness or kindness which was designed to trap me into giving information.• Anthony says she trapped him into marriage before he was ready.• But of course, you aren't out to trap me into matrimony, so it is easier for you to be frank.• Line item budgets trap resources into old patterns.• The one tourist trap we fell into was St Tropez.trapped nerve• She consulted the defendant specialist who performed an operation to free the trapped nerve.• The plaintiff suffered a trapped nerve after a hernia operation.• The strong-running Kiwi has been out for around five weeks after a trapped nerve in his back.• But I've now got a trapped nerve in my neck.Origin trap1 Old English træppe, treppe

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trap¹ /træp/ noun [countable]
1.  FOR ANIMALS a piece of equipment for catching animals:
    The only way to catch mice is to set a trap.
    He stepped into a bear trap covered in snow. ⇨ mousetrap
2.  CLEVER TRICK a clever trick that is used to catch someone or to make them do or say something that they did not intend to
    lay/set a trap (for somebody)
    Mr Smith has walked straight into a trap laid by the Tories.
    fall/walk into a trap
    Police had set a trap for hooligans at the match.
3.  BAD SITUATION an unpleasant or difficult situation that is difficult to escape from:
    Amanda felt that marriage was a trap.
    debt/unemployment etc trap
    people caught in the unemployment trap
4. fall into/avoid the trap of doing something to do something that seems good at the time but is not sensible or wise, or to avoid doing this:
    Don’t fall into the trap of investing all your money in one place.
5. keep your trap shut spoken a rude way of telling someone to not say anything about things that are secret:
    Just keep your trap shut.
6. shut your trap! spoken a rude way of telling someone to stop talking
7.  VEHICLE a vehicle with two wheels, pulled by a horse
8.  SPORT American English sandtrap
   SYN  bunker British English
9.  DOG RACE a special gate from which a greyhound is set free at the beginning of a race
⇨ booby trap, death trap, ⇨ poverty trap at poverty(3), ⇨ speed trap, tourist trap

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trap² verb (past tense and past participle trapped, present participle trapping) [transitive]
1.  IN A DANGEROUS PLACE  [usually passive] to prevent someone from escaping from somewhere, especially a dangerous place:
    Twenty miners were trapped underground.
    Dozens of people were trapped in the rubble when the building collapsed.
    There’s no way out! We’re trapped!
2.  IN A BAD SITUATION be/feel trapped to be in a bad situation from which you cannot escape
    be/feel trapped in
    Julia felt trapped in her role of wife and mother.
3.  ANIMAL to catch an animal or bird using a trap
4.  CATCH SOMEBODY to catch someone by forcing them into a place from which they cannot escape:
    The police trapped the terrorists at a roadblock.
5.  TRICK to trick someone so that you make them do or say something that they did not intend to
    trap somebody into (doing) something
    I was trapped into signing a confession.
6.  CRUSH British English to get a part of your body crushed between two objects
   SYN  pinch American English:
    Mind you don’t trap your fingers in the door.
    pain from a trapped nerve
7.  GAS/WATER ETC to prevent something such as gas or water from getting away:
    solar panels that trap the sun’s heat
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ catch to stop someone who is trying to escape, especially by running after them and then holding them: He raced after her, but he couldn’t catch her. | The police caught the bank robbers after a car chase through the city.
   ▪ arrest if the police arrest someone, they take him or her to a police station because they think that person has done something illegal: Wayne was arrested for dangerous driving. | The police arrested him and charged him with murder.
   ▪ apprehend formal if the police apprehend someone they think has done something illegal, they catch him or her: The two men were later apprehended after they robbed another store. | The killers were never apprehended. | All of the kidnappers were apprehended and convicted.
   ▪ capture to catch an enemy or a criminal in order to keep them as a prisoner: The French king was captured by the English at the battle of Poitiers in 1356. | The gunmen were finally captured after a shoot-out with the police.
   ▪ take somebody prisoner to catch someone, especially in a war, in order to keep them as a prisoner: 350 soldiers were killed and another 300 taken prisoner. | Ellison was taken prisoner by the Germans during the retreat to Dunkirk.
   ▪ trap to make someone go to a place from which they cannot escape, especially by using your skill and intelligence: Police trapped the man inside a bar on the city’s southside.
   ▪ corner to force someone into a place from which they cannot escape: He was cornered outside the school by three gang members.