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trap door

/trap-dawr, -dohr/US // ˈtræpˈdɔr, -ˈdoʊr //

楼梯由,楼梯被

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a door flush with the surface of a floor, ceiling, or roof.
    • : the opening that it covers.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, relating to, or like a trapdoor.

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Examples

  • But we reached Camp David in one piece, and there was no trapdoor for Cap.

  • The explorers soon discovered that the only entrance into the estufa was by a trapdoor and a ladder.

  • Jack, the bullets whistling thickly around him, managed to crawl unhurt to the trapdoor and again descend into the courtyard.

  • Then, taking him to the top of one of their great houses, they bade him step down through an open trapdoor into a dark chamber.

  • When this trapdoor is not closed, and food "goes down the wrong way," we choke, and the food is expelled by coughing.

  • When food is in the course of being swallowed, the upper part of this tube forms a trapdoor over the opening.