trap

(countable, uncountable)A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body.

I put down some traps in my apartment to try and deal with the mouse problem.

Đồng nghĩa: snare, fang

(countable, uncountable)A trick or arrangement designed to catch someone in a more general sense; a snare.

Unfortunately she fell into the trap of confusing biology with destiny.

(countable, uncountable)(computing) An exception generated by the processor or by an external event.

(countable, uncountable)Any device used to hold and suddenly release an object.

They shot out of the school gates like greyhounds out of the trap.

A bend, sag, or other device in a waste-pipe arranged so that the liquid contents form a seal which prevents the escape of noxious gases, but permits the flow of liquids.

(countable, uncountable)A wooden instrument shaped somewhat like a shoe, used in the game of trapball.

(US, also, attributive, countable, slang, uncountable)(US, slang, African-American Vernacular, also attributive) A vehicle, residential building, or sidewalk corner where drugs are manufactured, packaged, or sold.

trap phone

trap car

(US, also, attributive, countable, slang, uncountable)(US, slang, African-American Vernacular, also attributive) An area, especially of a city, with a low level of opportunity and a high level of poverty and crime; a ghetto; a hood.

(uncountable)(music, uncountable) A genre of hip-hop music, with half-time drums and heavy sub-bass.

Đồng nghĩa: trap music

(countable, slang, uncountable)(aviation, military, slang) A successful landing on an aircraft carrier using the carrier's arresting gear.

After 100 traps, the arresting cables have to be replaced to minimize the danger of a worn or fatigued cable snapping under an aircraft.

(countable, historical, uncountable)A light two-wheeled carriage with springs.

a horse and trap

(countable, slang, uncountable)A person's mouth.

Keep your trap shut.

(transitive)To physically capture, to catch in a trap or traps, or something like a trap.

to trap foxes

(transitive)To ensnare; to take by stratagem; to entrap.

Be careful not to trap your finger in the door.

(transitive)To provide with a trap.

to trap a drain

to trap a sewer pipe

(intransitive)To set traps for game; to make a business of trapping game; to travel for the purpose of trapping.

trap for beaver

They trapped north along the river.

(intransitive, slang)(aviation, military, slang, intransitive) To successfully land an aircraft on an aircraft carrier using the carrier's arresting gear.

After three consecutive bolters, the pilot finally trapped successfully on the Nimitz.

(intransitive)To leave suddenly, to flee.

(intransitive)(computing, intransitive) To capture (e.g. an error) in order to handle or process it.

(dated)(mining, dated) To attend to and open and close a (trap-)door.

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(informal, offensive, slang, sometimes)(slang, informal, sometimes offensive) Of a 'trap': to trick a (heterosexual) man into having sex, by appearing to be a woman.

(intransitive, slang)(intransitive, African-American Vernacular, slang) To sell illegal drugs, especially in a public area.

To dress with ornaments; to adorn (especially said of horses).