mousetrap英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A device for capturing or killing mice and other rodents. countable
A website designed to open another copy of itself when the user tries to close the webpage. Internet,countable
Ordinary, everyday cheese. UK,informal,uncountable
A slice of bread or toast topped with cheese and then grilled or microwaved. New-Zealand,countable,uncountable
An antisubmarine rocket used mainly during World War II by the US Navy and US Coast Guard. countable,historical,uncountable

— Besides depth charges, they were armed with smaller forward firing antisubmarine rocket launchers called mousetraps. Fired in groups, these rockets detonated when they contacted a submarine.

动词 v.

To trap; to trick or fool (someone) into a bad situation. figuratively,transitive

— He hoped to bring the rebels out of their trenches for a showdown battle somewhere south of the Wilderness, that gloomy expanse of scrub oaks and pines where Lee had mousetrapped Joe Hooker exactly a year earlier.
To prevent (the user) from leaving a website by opening another copy when it is closed. Internet,transitive

— The scammer is paid for each new visitor directed to his site. There is nothing wrong except that the user finds it impossible to leave the site because he is mousetrapped.

词形变化

mousetraps plural mouse trap alternative mousetraps present,singular,third-person mousetrapping participle,present mousetrapped participle,past mousetrapped past mouse trap alternative

词汇关系

衍生词

build a better mousetrap build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door mousetrap gun mousetrap man mousetrapped

词源

词源 1

From Middle English mouse-trappe, mous trappe, mouse trape, equivalent to mouse + trap. Cognate with Dutch muizetrap, muizentrap (“mousetrap”), German Low German Muustrappe, Muustrapp (“mousetrap”). In the Internet sense, refers to a computer mouse.

词源 2

From Middle English mouse-trappe, mous trappe, mouse trape, equivalent to mouse + trap. Cognate with Dutch muizetrap, muizentrap (“mousetrap”), German Low German Muustrappe, Muustrapp (“mousetrap”). In the Internet sense, refers to a computer mouse.