Trap

(noun.) a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned.

(noun.) a light two-wheeled carriage.

(noun.) a device to hurl clay pigeons into the air for trapshooters.

(noun.) drain consisting of a U-shaped section of drainpipe that holds liquid and so prevents a return flow of sewer gas.

(noun.) informal terms for the mouth.

(noun.) something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares; 'the exam was full of trap questions'; 'it was all a snare and delusion'.

(verb.) to hold fast or prevent from moving; 'The child was pinned under the fallen tree'.

(verb.) catch in or as if in a trap; 'The men trap foxes'.

(verb.) hold or catch as if in a trap; 'The gaps between the teeth trap food particles'.

(verb.) place in a confining or embarrassing position; 'He was trapped in a difficult situation'.

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• Mr. Carruthers has got a trap, and so the dangers of the lonely road, if there ever were any dangers, are now over. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Receiving this reply, Mr. Godfrey Ablewhite did, what all animals (human and otherwise) do, when they find themselves caught in a trap. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Then he commenced groping his way about the floor of the dark chamber searching for the trap that led to the corridors beneath. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• You must have seen yourself that Sergeant Cuff laid a trap for both of us. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• A thousand times I berated myself for being drawn into such a trap as I might have known these pits easily could be. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• I followed still, up a very narrow staircase to the attics, and thence by a ladder and through a trap-door to the roof of the hall. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• At Dewlish in Dorset, an artificial trench has been found which is supposed to have been a Pal?olithic trap for elephants. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• I meant trapped at all. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• The gardens swarmed with brilliantly trapped black men and women. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• And you don't feel trapped? 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• The father however was trapped between two halftruths, and broken. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• A second later the wall swung in, and I was pushed within a brilliantly lighted chamber in which sat three richly trapped men. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• You always feel trapped biologically. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• Robespierre and his last companions found themselves betrayed and trapped. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Your moral clap-traps have an excellent effect in England--keep them for yourself and your own countrymen, if you please. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Little recked Mr Podsnap of the traps and toils besetting his Young Person. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Without remarking that man-traps were not among the amenities of life, I said I supposed he was very skilful? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Let them put the horse in the stable, and tell the surveyors they can come back for their traps, said Fred. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Man-traps and spring-guns are set here at all times of the day and night. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• He accepted, and is coming with his traps this evening. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• Why, the traps have got him, and that's all about it,' said the Dodger, sullenly. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• It became a question whether he had fallen among the unrecognized; but no broken ornament or stained trapping betrayed his fate. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• It's what I should expect, when a fellow like Trapping Bass is let off so easily. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.

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