n.[C]

1. 陷阱，罗网，捕捉器
   The hunter set traps to catch foxes.

   猎人设陷阱捕捉狐狸。

2. （陷害人的）圈套，诡计，阴谋
   I knew perfectly well it was a trap.

   我很清楚这是一个陷阱。

3. （排水管等的）U（或S）形弯管，防臭瓣
4. 【俚】嘴
   He kept his trap shut.

   他闭口不言。

5. （抛掷飞碟的）飞靶发射机
6. 困境，牢笼
   To break out of the poverty trap they need help from the government.

   为了摆脱贫困的处境，他们需要政府的帮助。

7. （赛狗用的）起跑笼
8. 【口】打击乐器[P]
9. 二轮轻马车
   The farmer went ahead in his trap.

   农夫驾着双轮轻便马车继续赶路。

10. 车速检测设施
11. 活板门

vt.

1. 设陷阱捕捉
   The bear was trapped.

   那头熊落入了陷阱。

2. 使落入圈套（或困境）[（+into）]
   The police trapped him into a confession.

   警察设圈套使他招供。

   Many women are trapped in loveless marriages.

   许多妇女陷入没有爱情的婚姻之中而无法摆脱。

3. 阻止，抑制；堵塞
   Sand and leaves trapped the water in the stream.

   沙子和树叶堵住了小河的水流。

4. 在……串装上防臭瓣

vi.

1. 设陷阱；设圈套
2. 诱捕野兽
   He made his living by trapping.

   他以捕捉野兽为生。

3. 飞靶射击练习

vt.

1. 装饰（马），打扮

n.

1. 【旧】【口】个人衣物，行李，杂物[P]
   I packed my traps and went on shore.

   我收拾好行李上了岸。

n.

1. 暗色岩，火山岩
2. 储油地质构造

n.

1. a device or enclosure designed to catch and retain animals.
2. an unpleasant situation from which it is hard to escape.
   ▸a trick betraying someone into acting contrary to their interests or intentions.
3. a container or device used to collect a specified thing.
   ▸a curve in the waste pipe from a bath, basin, or toilet that is always full of liquid to prevent the upward passage of gases.
4. a bunker or other hollow on a golf course.
5. the compartment from which a greyhound is released at the start of a race.
6. a device for hurling an object such as a clay pigeon into the air to be shot at.
7. a light, two-wheeled carriage pulled by a horse or pony.
8. informal a person's mouth:
   keep your trap shut!
9. (traps) informal (among jazz musicians) drums or percussion instruments.

v.

1. catch (an animal) in a trap.
2. prevent from escaping.
   ▸catch (something) somewhere so that it cannot be freed.
3. trick into doing something.

v.

n.