1 a piece of equipment that you use for catching animals (捉动物的)捕捉器:
a mousetrap老鼠夹The rabbit's leg was caught in the trap.那只兔子的一条腿被捕捉器夹住。
2 a clever plan that is designed to trick sb 陷阱;圈套:
She walked straight into the trap.她一脚踩进陷阱。
3 an unpleasant situation from which it is hard to escape (藉以摆脱的)困境
☞Look at death trap. 参看death trap。
*trap²
/træp ||; træp/verb
[T] (trapping;trapped)
1 (often passive 常用于被动语态) to keep sb in a dangerous place or a bad situation from which he/she cannot escape 使陷入困境:
The door closed behind them and they were trapped.门在他们身后关上了,他们被困住了。Many people are trapped in low-paid jobs.许多人受困于低薪工作。
2 to catch and keep or store sth 留住;保存:
Special glass panels trap heat from the sun.特制的玻璃板可以吸收太阳的热能。
3 to force sb/sth into a place or situation from which he/she/it cannot escape 迫使(某人或某事物)处于无法摆脱的境地:
Police believe this new evidence could help trap the killer.警方认为,这新证据会使凶手无法再抵赖。
4 to catch an animal, etc in a trap 用捕捉器捉(动物等)
5trap sb (into sth/into doing sth) to make sb do sth by tricking him/her 骗某人(做某事):
She had been trapped into revealing her true identity.她上当受骗,泄露了自己的真实身分。