snare
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 陷阱,诱惑,圈套
- vt.
- 以陷阱捕获,诱惑
演变路径(由近及远)
词源说明
From Middle English snare, from Old English sneare (“snare, noose”), from Proto-West Germanic *snarhā, from Proto-Germanic *snarhǭ (“a sling; loop; noose”). Cognate with Old Norse snara. Also related to German Schnur and Dutch snaar, snoer.
释义(英文)
名词 Noun
- A trap (especially one made from a loop of wire, string, or leather).
- A mental or psychological trap.
- (veterinary medicine) A loop of cord used in obstetric cases, to hold or to pull a fetus from the mother animal.
- (surgery) A similar looped instrument formerly used to remove tumours etc.
- (music) A set of stiff wires