trapan

[古]=trepan

发音

US /tɹəˈpæn/
其它
UK /tɹəˈpæn/

词形变化

trapans 复数 trapans 三单 trapanning 现在分词 trapanned 过去式 trapanned 过去分词

别名

trepan

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An act of entrapping or tricking; an entrapment; also, a thing which entraps or tricks; a snare or trap; a stratagem or trick.

  2. 2.

    A person (or occasionally an animal) that traps or tricks another into doing something that benefits them but harms the victim; a fraudster, a swindler, a trickster.

    古体 废旧
  3. 1.

    Alternative spelling of trepan (“surgical instrument used to remove a small section of bone, usually from the skull; tool used to bore through rock, etc.”).

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v.
  1. 1.

    To catch or entrap (a person or animal) in a snare or trap; to ensnare, to trap.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To trap or trick (someone), especially by using some stratagem, into doing something that benefits the perpetrator but harms the victim; to defraud, to ensnare, to entrap, to swindle.

    比喻 及物
  3. 1.

    Alternative spelling of trepan (“to cut through bone, usually the skull, using a trepan (etymology 2, noun sense); to create a large hole by making a narrow groove outlining the shape of the hole and then removing the plug of material”)

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词源

The origin of the noun is uncertain; etymology 1, noun sense 2 (“person that traps or tricks another”), the original sense, was probably thieves’ cant and may be derived from trap (noun or verb). Etymology 1, noun sense 1 (“act of entrapping or tricking; thing which entraps or tricks”) is from the verb. The verb is derived from etymology 1, noun sense 2 of the noun.

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