overtrap

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To put too many traps in (an area) or among (an animal population), and thus to trap too many (animals, for their population to recover).
    — [...] from the Europeans, they began to overtrap the forests in search of pelts to trade. To overtrap is to kill too many animals, causing the animal population to decrease.

词形变化

overtraps present,singular,third-person overtrapping participle,present overtrapped participle,past overtrapped past

词源

From over- + trap.
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