a piece of equipment for catching animals see also gin trap, mousetrap(捕捉動物的)陷阱,羅網,夾,捕捉器 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- animal
- bear
- mouse
- …
- be caught in
- get caught in
- free something from
- …
a clever plan designed to trick somebody, either by capturing them or by making them do or say something that they did not mean to do or say see also booby trap, radar trap, speed trap, tourist trap圈套;詭計 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- hidden
- obvious
- potential
- …
- lay
- set
- set up
- …
- [usually singular]
an unpleasant situation from which it is hard to escape see also death trap, fire trap, poverty trap(難以逃脫的)困境,牢籠 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- hidden
- obvious
- potential
- …
- lay
- set
- set up
- …
a light carriage with two wheels, pulled by a horse 雙輪輕便馬車 a pony and trap 一匹矮馬拉的雙輪輕便馬車
- (slang)
mouth synonym gob嘴;口 a cage from which a greyhound (= a type of dog) is let out at the start of a race 隔欄(賽狗開始時把狗從中放出) - (also sand trap)(both especially North American English)(also bunker British and North American English)
a small area filled with sand on a golf course (高爾夫球場上的)沙坑
for animals動物
trick計謀
bad situation惡劣處境
carriage馬車
mouth嘴
for racing dog賽狗
in golf高爾夫球
Word OriginOld English træppe (in coltetræppe ‘Christ's thorn’); related to Middle Dutch trappe and medieval Latin trappa, of uncertain origin. The verb dates from late Middle English.
Idioms
spring a trap
to make a trap for catching animals close suddenly 使捕獸器突然合上 to try to trick somebody into doing or saying something; to succeed in this 設套誘使某人做(或說)
to fall into/avoid the trap of doing something