n (1)陷阱，圈套，捕捉(动物的)装置(device for catching and holding animals as a net or apparatus that springs shut suddenly)[C]：a mouse/wolf caught in a～被夹住的老鼠/套住的狼;lay/set a～下套子;a mouse/fly/fish～捕鼠夹/捕蝇器/捕鱼装置;〖同〗net;

(2)诡计，圈套，计谋(trick for taking a person by deception)[C](fig)：fall into sb's～陷入某人的圈套;be caught in a police～陷入警方的圈套而被捕;set a～to catch a thief 设下抓窃贼的陷阱;Be careful;it may be a～. 小心，这很可能是圈套。

(3)困境(unpleasant situation)[C]：escape a～逃脱困境;

(4)防(臭)气阀(device for keeping a drain sealed against a backward flow of foul gases，especially a U-shaped or S-shaped bend in the pipe that remains full of liquid)[C]：a drain～排水弯管; an air～ 防气阀;

(5)轻便双轮马车(carriage with two wheels)[C]：a pony-～小双轮马车;

(6)狗笼(thing like a box which opens at the start of a dog race to allow a dog to begin running at exactly the same time as the other dogs in the race)[C];

(7)活板门，活动天窗 (=trapdoor) (small door or opening in a floor，ceiling or roof)[C]：A～door in the ceiling led to the attic. 通过天花板上的活动天窗到达阁楼。

(8)抛靶器(device for hurling clay pigeons into the air)[C];

(9)嘴(mouth)[C] (sl)： Keep your～shut. 住嘴!

vt(1)使陷入困境(place in a confining or embarrassing position)[T+n，T+n+prep，T+n+adv]：be～ped in a mine/a lift/a burning building 被困在煤矿/电梯/燃烧的大楼里;The door is locked and we are～ped inside. 门锁了，我们被困在里边。

(2)诱骗，设圈套使上当(catch in a trap or by a trick)[T+n，T+n+prep (into)]：He～ped Mary;she couldn't get away. 他诱骗了玛丽，使她无法逃脱。～sb into admitting sth/into declaring his candidacy 诱骗某人承认某事/施诡计让某人说出其候选人身份;be～ped into an unhappy marriage/telling the truth 被骗结下不幸的婚姻/被套出了实情;～the criminal down a narrow street 施计把罪犯诱到一条小巷里;

(3)诱捕(动物)(catch fur-bearing animals，esp as a business)[T+n]：～birds/foxes/bears诱捕鸟类/狐狸/熊;He lives by～ping animals and selling their fur. 他以诱捕动物卖兽皮为生。

(4)堵(挡，存)住(stop and hold in a particular place)[T+n]：(sand/leaves/gravel)～the water in the stream/the sluice(沙子/树叶/砂砾)挡住了溪水/渠水的流动;～the gas in the pipes 在管道里存住气体;a filter～ping dust from the air 可存住空气中的尘埃的过滤网;〖同〗stop，hold back，block;

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