mousetrap

英 ['maʊstræp]美 ['maʊstræp]

n. 捕鼠器；诡计

vt. 诱捕

英文词源

mousetrap (n.)

late 15c., from mouse (n.) + trap (n.). Figurative use from 1570s. The thing is older than the word. Old English had musfealle; Middle English had mouscacche (late 14c.).

双语例句

1. They bait the mousetrap with stale cheese.

他们用变质的乳酪作捕鼠夹的诱饵.

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2. This onomatopoeic word suggests to me the sound a mousetrap makes when it snaps shut.

这个拟声词让我想起捕鼠夹子突然合上时的声音。

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3. The mouse wondered - he was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap.

老鼠很好奇,他撕开包裹,发现里面原来是一个捕鼠器.

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4. Building a better mousetrap, one raindrop at a time.

建设一个更美好的捕鼠器, 一个雨滴的时间.

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5. Behe uses the example of a mousetrap.

Behe用捕鼠器作例子.

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