一、详细释义:


n.

陷阱;圈套;计谋;夹子 [C]


例句:

Set a trap over that mouse hole。

把夹子放在那个鼠洞上面。


例句:

We set an ambush on all sides, waiting for the enemy to come into the trap.

我们设下十面埋伏,专等敌人自投罗网。


v.

诱捕;设陷阱;困住,使受限制 [I,T]


例句:

The cagey fox could not be easily trapped by the farmer.

那只狡猾的狐狸不会轻易落入农夫的陷阱。


例句:

I was trapped inside an elevator during the blackout.

"停电时,我被关在电梯里。"


使陷入困境 [T]


例句:

He was trapped in a no-win situation.

他陷入必败的处境。


例句:

But she had trapped herself with her own hunger.

但是,她却由于一种饥渴的驱使而使自己陷入困境。


二、词义辨析:


arrest,capture,catch,seize,trap

这些动词均有“抓住,捕捉”之意。 arrest指根据法律或命令进行逮捕并予以监禁或拘留。 capture指通过武力或计谋等,战胜抵抗而捉住敌人或动物。 catch普通用词,指捉住跑动或隐藏中的人或动物,一般指活捉。 seize侧重指以突然、有力地动作迅速抓住或捉住。 trap多指诱捕。


三、相关短语:


booby trap

n.诡雷,陷阱 v.在...安陷阱


poverty trap

贫困陷阱


sand trap

集砂器,除砂盘,撒砂器拦砂阱,截砂阱


steel trap

捕兽夹


trap door

n.[建]地板或屋顶上的活门 天窗;陷阱门;地板或屋顶上的活门


iron trap

捕兽铗


speed trap

n. 汽车超速监视区


trap play

藏球触杀


四、参考例句:


trap|yield|apply

They are often more comfortable and more durable than civilian clothes.


Set a trap over that mouse hole。

把夹子放在那个鼠洞上面。


Set a trap over that mouse hole.

把夹子放在那个鼠洞上面。


That trap is intended for you.

那个圈套是为你而设的。


She sees marriage as a trap.

她视婚姻如黑洞。


Small print in document can contain trap for the unwary.

文件中的小号印刷字体可能藏有给粗心人设下的陷阱。


The team posed as drug dealers to trap the ringleaders.

该队队员装扮成毒品贩子,诱捕罪犯头目。


He used some cheese to trap the rat.

他用了些乳酪诱捕耗子。


The police set a trap to catch the thief.

警察设下了捉拿窃贼的圈套。


I used a bit of cheese to trap the rat.

我用一小块干酪诱捕老鼠。