snare
snare 英 [sneə(r)] 美 [sner]
n. 陷阱；圈套；[外科] 勒除器 vt. 捕捉；诱惑
进行时:snaring 过去式:snared 过去分词:snared 第三人称单数:snares 名词复数:snares
- A snare is a trap, usually for small animals, and using a noose. Snare can also mean to trap in general or any type of trap, like the snare of a TV cliffhanger that traps you into watching again.
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- n. 陷阱；圈套；[外科] 勒除器
- vt. 捕捉；诱惑
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1. So in all sorts of ways, in this simple passage we find a character the snare of language.
所以在这篇简单的文章中，我们会在很多方面,一个陷入语言陷阱的人。
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2. One adult male chimp heard a female chimp, accompanied by her one-year-old infant, whimpering next to a duiker carcass in a snare.
一次，一只雄性成年的黑猩猩听到了一只雌猩猩与其一岁大的幼子在一具困在陷阱里的小羚羊尸体边呜咽。
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3. We spend so much time working toward something, only to have the unexpected snare our attention and take us in a completely different direction.
我们花很多时间在某事上，却掉进那没想到的陷阱，分散了我们的注意力并带我们去到一个完全不同的方向上。
- snare (n.1) "noose for catching animals," late Old English, from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse snara "noose, snare," related to soenri "twisted rope," from Proto-Germanic *snarkho (source also of Middle Dutch snare, Dutch snaar, Old High German snare, German Schnur "noose, cord," Old English snear "a string, cord"). Figuratively from c. 1300.
- snare (n.2) "string across a drum," 1680s, probably from Dutch snaar "string," from same source as snare (n.1). From 1938 as short for snare-drum (1873).
- snare (v.) late 14c., "to ensnare," from snare (n.1). Related: Snared; snaring.
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