trap¹ ◙ noun 1. a device or enclosure designed to catch and retain animals, typically by allowing entry but not exit or by catching hold of a part of the body • 陷阱，罗网，捕捉装置 a curve in the waste pipe from a bath, basin, or toilet that is always full of liquid and prevents gases from coming up the pipe into the building • （浴池、水池、马桶的防臭气）存水弯，U形弯管 [with modifier] a container or device used to collect a specified thing • 容器；存贮装置 »one fuel filter and water trap are sufficient on the fuel system. 燃料系统只需一个燃料过滤器和集水器。 a bunker or other hollow on a golf course • （高尔夫球场的）洞，沙坑 the compartment from which a greyhound is released at the start of a race • （赛狗开始时放灵（犭是）冲出的）放狗隔栏 (figurative)a trick by which someone is misled into giving themselves away or otherwise acting contrary to their interests or intentions • [喻] 诡计，陷阱 »by keeping quiet I was walking into a trap. 我默不作声正好入了圈套。 (figurative)an unpleasant situation from which it is hard to escape • [喻] 困境 »they fell into the trap of relying too little on equity finance. 他们陷入了对主权资金依赖程度过低的困境。 2. a device for hurling an object such as a clay pigeon into the air to be shot at • 抛靶器（将泥鸽等抛于空中以打靶） (in the game of trapball) the shoe-shaped device that is hit with a bat to send the ball into the air • （射球戏用的）抛球器 3. (chiefly historical)a light, two-wheeled carriage pulled by a horse or pony • [主史] 单马双轮轻便马车 4. short fortrapdoor • trapdoor的简称 5. [informal] a person's mouth (used in expressions to do with speaking) • [非正式] 嘴巴（用于与说话有关的表达法） »keep your trap shut!. 闭上你的嘴巴！。 6. [一般作 traps] [informal] a percussion instrument, typically in a jazz band • [非正式] （尤指爵士乐队的）打击乐器 ◙ (trapped, trapping), [with obj.] 1. catch (an animal) in a trap • 诱捕（动物） [常作 be trapped] prevent (someone) from escaping from a place • 阻止…逃跑，使无法脱身 »twenty workers were trapped by flames. 二十名工人身陷火海。 have (something, typically a part of the body) held tightly by something so that it cannot move or be freed • （尤指身体某部位等）被卡住 »he had trapped his finger in a spring-loaded hinge. 他把手指卡在弹簧铰链里了。 induce (someone) to do something they would not otherwise want to do by means of trickery or deception • 欺骗，诱骗 »I hoped to trap him into an admission. 我想诱他承认。 [Soccer] bring (the ball) under control with the feet or other part of the body on receiving it • [英足] 停（球）
【派生】
♦ trap-like adjective
【语源】
1. Old 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 Englishtrap² ◙ (trapped, trapping) 1. [with obj.] [usu. as adj. trapped] (archaic)put trappings on (a horse) • [古] 给（马）戴马饰
【语源】
1. late Middle English: from the obsolete noun trap 'trappings', from Old French drap 'drape'trap³ ◙ (也作 traprock), noun 1. [mass noun] [N. Amer.] basalt or a similar dark, fine-grained igneous rock • [北美] 暗色岩
【语源】
1. late 18th cent.: from Swedish trapp, from trappa 'stair' (because of the often stair-like appearance of its outcroppings)