trap
[træp] noun
STH THAT PREVENTS ESCAPE 防止逃走的物件
IMPROVER countable
■a device or hole for catching animals or people and preventing their escape 陷阱；夹子；捕捉器•The fox got its foot caught in a trap.狐狸的一只脚被夹子夹住了。 IMPROVER only singular
■a dangerous or unpleasant situation which you have got into and from which it is difficult or impossible to escape 圈套；诡计•The undercover agents went to the rendezvous knowing that it might be a trap.尽管知道这可能是个圈套，这些秘密特工还是去了会面地点。 •She's too clever to fall into the trap of doing any unpaid work.她这人很聪明，决不会上当去做任何没有报酬的工作。
[træp] noun
MOUTH 嘴
countable slang
■a mouth 嘴•Oh, shut your trap (= stop talking) - I'm bored of listening to you!哦，闭嘴——我讨厌听你说话！ •I've told him it's a secret and he's to keep his trap shut (= not say anything about it).我告诉过他这是个秘密，他得守口如瓶。
[træp] noun
VEHICLE 车辆
countable
■a light carriage with two wheels pulled by a horse, used especially in the past （尤指旧时使用的）双轮轻便马车
[træp] verb transitive (-pp-)
IMPROVER
■to catch an animal in a trap 设陷阱（或夹子、捕捉器）捕捉•She survived in the forest by eating berries and trapping small animals and birds.她靠着吃浆果和设陷阱捕捉小动物和飞鸟，在森林活下来了。 IMPROVER
■to keep something such as heat or water in one place, especially because it is useful （尤指为利用而）收集，存住，保存（热量、水等）•A greenhouse stays warm because the glass traps the heat of the sun.温室保持温暖，因为玻璃吸收了太阳的热量。 be trapped
IMPROVER
■If someone or something is trapped, they are unable to move or escape from a place or situation 被困住；陷入困境•The two men died when they were trapped in a burning building.这两名男子因被困在燃烧的大楼里而丧生。 •Fire officers used cutting equipment to free his legs, which were trapped under a steel beam.消防队员们用切割设备松开他被压在一根钢梁下的双腿。 •figurative Jack left the job after ten years because he was beginning to feel trapped.杰克十年后辞掉这份工作，因为他开始感到被束缚住了。 be trapped into (doing) sth
■to be forced or tricked into doing something that you do not want to do 被迫做；被诱骗做•In his book, Holden speculates that Shakespeare was an unfaithful husband who was trapped into marriage.霍尔登在其书中推测莎士比亚是个被迫结婚而对妻子不忠的丈夫。 •She had been trapped into saying something she did not mean.她被迫说了违心的话。 |