trap

• vt. 誘捕；使…受限製；使…陷入困境
• n. 陷阱；圈套；[建] 存水彎
• vi. 設陷阱
• n. (Trap)人名；(英)特拉普

來自古英語 traeppe,陷阱，羅網，來自 Proto-Germanic*trep,踩踏，來自 PIE*der,走，跑，步 行，詞源同 trip,tramp,tread.詞義通俗化為圈套。

trap

trap: [OE] The precise origins of trap are obscure. It goes back to an Old English træppe, and it has various relatives in the modern Germanic and Romance languages – Flemish trape, French trappe, Portuguese trapa, for instance – but its ultimate ancestry has never been unravelled. Its application to a small carriage emerged in the 19th century; it may be short for rattle-trap ‘rickety vehicle’.

trap (v.)

late 14c., "ensnare (an animal), catch in a trap; encircle; capture," from trap (n.) or from Old English betræppan. Figurative use is slightly earlier (late 14c.). Related: Trapped; trapping.

trap (n.)

"contrivance for catching unawares," late Old English træppe, treppe "snare, trap," from Proto-Germanic *trep- (cognates: Middle Dutch trappe "trap, snare"), related to Germanic words for "stair, step, tread" (Middle Dutch, Middle Low German trappe, treppe, German Treppe "step, stair," English tread (v.)), and probably literally "that on or into which one steps," from PIE *dreb-, extended form of root *der- (1), an assumed base of words meaning "to run, walk, step." Probably akin to Old French trape, Spanish trampa "trap, pit, snare," but the exact relationship is uncertain.

Sense of "deceitful practice, device or contrivance to betray one" is first recorded c. 1400. Meaning "U-shaped section of a drain pipe" is from 1833. Slang meaning "mouth" is from 1776. Speed trap recorded from 1908. Trap door "door in a floor or ceiling" (often hidden and leading to a passageway or secret place) is first attested late 14c.

1. They walked right into a booby-trap and got blown to smithereens.

他們正好踩上了餌雷，結果被炸得粉身碎骨。

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2. He failed to keep a rendezvous after sensing a police trap.

他察覺到警方設了圈套以後就沒有如約會麵。

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3. The team posed as drug dealers to trap the ringleaders.

該隊隊員裝扮成毒品販子，誘捕罪犯頭目。

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4. Were you just trying to trap her into making some admission?

你剛才是想誘使她供認嗎？

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5. I would hate him to think I'm trying to trap him.

我不願讓他以為我是在給他設圈套。

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