trap

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A device or enclosure designed to catch and hold animals or people.

• The hunter set a trap to catch rabbits.
• They fell into a trap set by the enemy.
• Ecologists use live traps to capture and tag small mammals for population monitoring studies without causing harm to the animals.
• Poverty can function as a trap, limiting access to education and thereby perpetuating cycles of economic disadvantage across generations.
• The geological formation acts as a natural trap for petroleum, preventing hydrocarbons from migrating to the surface over millions of years.
• Researchers designed an optical trap using focused laser beams to manipulate microscopic particles and study their physical properties.

Eş anlamlılar: snare, net, pitfall

Kaçılması zor olan tehlikeli veya hoş olmayan bir durum

A dangerous or unpleasant situation from which it is hard to escape.

• She felt caught in a trap between her job and family responsibilities.
• The poverty trap is difficult to escape.

Eş anlamlılar: predicament, dilemma, bind

Bir tuzağa düşürmek veya hapsetmek

To catch or confine in or as if in a trap.

• Several miners were trapped underground after the collapse.
• The cat trapped the mouse in the corner.

Eş anlamlılar: catch, ensnare, capture, corner

Zıt anlamlılar: release, free, liberate

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A U-shaped pipe that holds water to prevent sewer gases from entering a building.

• The plumber replaced the old trap under the sink.
• Make sure the trap is filled with water.

Eş anlamlılar: drain trap, P-trap

Ağız; gayri resmi olarak birinin yüzü veya konuşma yeteneği anlamında kullanılır

The mouth; used informally to mean someone's face or ability to speak.

• Shut your trap!
• He can't keep his trap shut.

Eş anlamlılar: mouth, gob