a piece of equipment for catching animals see also gin trap, mousetrap(捕捉动物的)陷阱,罗网,夹,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;诡计 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(难以逃脱的)困境,牢笼 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- hidden
- obvious
- potential
- …
- lay
- set
- set up
- …
a light carriage with two wheels, pulled by a horse 双轮轻便马车 a pony and trap 一匹矮马拉的双轮轻便马车
- (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 隔栏(赛狗开始时把狗从中放出) - (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 (高尔夫球场上的)沙坑
for animals动物
trick计谋
bad situation恶劣处境
carriage马车
mouth嘴
for racing dog赛狗
in golf高尔夫球
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 使捕兽器突然合上 to try to trick somebody into doing or saying something; to succeed in this 设套诱使某人做(或说)
to fall into/avoid the trap of doing something