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{
"term": "trap",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a piece of equipment for catching animals",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a fox with its leg in a trap"
},
{
"text": "A trap was laid, with fresh bait."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["animal", "bear", "mouse"],
"verb + trap": ["be caught in", "get caught in", "free something from"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a clever plan designed to trick somebody, either by capturing them or by making them do or say something that they did not mean to do or say",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She had **set a trap** for him and he had walked straight into it."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["hidden", "obvious", "potential"],
"verb + trap": ["lay", "set", "set up"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "an unpleasant situation from which it is hard to escape",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the unemployment trap"
},
{
"text": "Some women see marriage as a trap."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["hidden", "obvious", "potential"],
"verb + trap": ["lay", "set", "set up"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a light carriage with two wheels, pulled by a horse",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a pony and trap"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "mouth",
"labels": "(slang)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Shut your trap! *(= a rude way of telling somebody to be quiet)*"
},
{
"text": "to keep your trap shut *(= to not tell a secret)*"
}
],
"synonyms": "gob"
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "a cage from which a greyhound (= a type of dog) is let out at the start of a race",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": 7,
"definition": "a small area filled with sand on a golf course",
"labels": "(both especially North American English)British and North American English",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to make a trap for catching animals close suddenly",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to try to trick somebody into doing or saying something; to succeed in this",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to do/avoid doing something that is a mistake but that seems at first to be a good idea",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Parents often fall into the trap of trying to do everything for their children."
},
{
"text": "The movie avoids the trap of spending too much time explaining things."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/træp/",
"audio": "tr/trap/trap__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/træp/",
"audio": "tr/trap/trap__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English træppe (in coltetræppe ‘Christ's thorn’); related to Middle Dutch trappe and medieval Latin trappa, of uncertain origin. The verb dates from late Middle English."
}