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snare

/snair/US // snɛər //UK // (snɛə) //

陷阱,诱饵,诱捕,弶港

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a device, often consisting of a noose, for capturing small game.
    • : anything serving to entrap or entangle unawares; trap.
    • : Surgery. a wire noose for removing tumors or the like by the roots or at the base.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    snared, snar·ing.

    • : to catch with a snare; entangle.
    • : to catch or involve by trickery or wile: to snare her into going.

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Examples

  • He just pats his snare a few times, as if he’s patting us on the back, bringing us into the music with him.

  • Fluttering in the twilight like a lunch lady’s hairnet gone to war, the mesh would be a snare for O’Keefe’s quarry.

  • In 2019, a global network of telescopes revealed a mass warping spacetime with such fervor that nothing, not even light, could escape its snare.

  • Weighing in at a petite two pounds, this portable bluetooth speaker comes with extra-bass and live-sound modes, which you can tap it to emulate different sounds, like a snare or a kick drum.

  • For customers whose accounts often hover near zero, that convenience is just another snare in a financial trap, said Rebecca Borné, a CRL lawyer who worked on the study.

  • Still more keys engage an array of other sounds, from snare drums and cymbals to awooga horns and sirens.

  • Meant to capture fish by the gills (hence the name), they snare anything from sea turtles to dolphins.

  • After police confronted Dilello with the wiretaps, she agreed to wear a wire to snare Hagiwara and admit her role in the plot.

  • Should Mr. Greenberg snare a major settlement without A.I.G., the company could face additional lawsuits from other shareholders.

  • It has snared, or threatens to snare, millions of taxpayers in the middle class and above.

  • Consult not with him that layeth a snare for thee, and hide thy counsel from them that envy thee.

  • And treaties, of whatever kind with the enemies of God, that are condemned, are to be shunned as a snare to the soul.

  • It was when she found a reindeer caught in the vines that she took the first step in making a snare.

  • This granted, how can we know whether God wants to instruct us or to lay a snare for us?

  • Looking back, he saw that his fear of the world had been nothing to his fear of women, of the half-spiritual, half-sensual snare.