trap
noun uk/træp/ us/træp/
(STH THAT PREVENTS ESCAPE)
B2 [ C ]陷阱;夹子;捕捉器
a device or hole for catching animals or people and preventing their escape
The fox got its foot caught in a trap. 狐狸的一只脚被夹子夹住了。
B2 [ S ]圈套;诡计
a dangerous or unpleasant situation which you have got into and from which it is difficult or impossible to escape
The undercover agents went to the rendezvous knowing that it might be a trap. 尽管知道这可能是个圈套，这些秘密特工还是去了会面地点。
She's too smart to fall into the trap of working without pay. 她这人很聪明，决不会上当去做任何不给报酬的工作。
- More examples
- Don't fall into the trap of thinking you can learn a foreign language without doing any work.
- His foot was caught in the jaws of the trap.
- We set a trap and they walked right into it.
- They put rabbit traps all over the wood.
- We set traps to try to control the mice.
(MOUTH)
[ C ] slang嘴
a mouth
Oh, shut your trap (= stop talking) - I don't want to hear it anymore! 哦，闭嘴——我不想再听了！
It's a secret, so keep your trap shut (= don't say anything about it). 这是个秘密，你得守口如瓶。
(VEHICLE)
[ C ]（尤指旧时使用的）双轮轻便马车
a light carriage with two wheels pulled by a horse, used especially in the past
trap
verb [ T ] uk/træp/ us/træp/ -pp-
设陷阱（或夹子、捕捉器）捕捉
to catch an animal in a trap
She survived in the wilderness by eating berries and trapping small animals and birds. 她靠着吃浆果和设陷阱捕捉小动物和鸟，在野外活了下来。
（尤指为利用而）收集，存住，保存（热量、水等）
to keep something such as heat or water in one place, especially because it is useful
A greenhouse stays warm because the glass traps the heat of the sun. 温室保持着温暖，因为玻璃吸收了太阳的热量。
be trappedB2 被困住;陷入困境
If someone or something is trapped, that person or thing is unable to move or escape from a place or situation.
The two men died when they were trapped in a burning building. 这两名男子因被困在燃烧着的大楼里而丧生。
Fire officers used cutting equipment to free his legs, which were trapped under a steel beam. 消防队员们用切割设备松开他被压在一根钢梁下的双腿。
figurative Jack left the job after ten years because he was beginning to feel trapped. 杰克10年后辞掉了这份工作，因为他开始感到被束缚住了。
be trapped into (doing) something 被迫做；被诱骗做
to be forced or tricked into doing something that you do not want to do
In his book, Holden speculates that Shakespeare was an unfaithful husband who was trapped into marriage. 霍尔登在其书中推测莎士比亚是个被迫结婚而对妻子不忠的丈夫。
She had been trapped into saying something she did not mean. 她被迫说了违心的话。
（足球）脚底停球
to bring a football that is moving or falling through the air under control using your feet
In training, we get players to practise trapping the ball from awkward angles. 在训练中，我们让球员练习用脚停住各种角度刁钻的球。
- More examples
- She went to the aid of a man trapped in his car.
- Firefighters helped to dig out the people trapped in the snowdrift.
- Rescuers are doing everything that is humanly possible to free the trapped people.
- Jane is trapped in a joyless marriage.
- We could hear the moans of someone trapped under the rubble.