snare
英 [sne?]
美[sn?r]
- n. 陷阱；圈套；[外科] 勒除器
- vt. 捕捉；誘惑
英英釋意
- 1. something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares;
- "the exam was full of trap questions"
- "it was all a snare and delusion"
- 2. a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head
- 3. a surgical instrument consisting of wire hoop that can be drawn tight around the base of polyps or small tumors to sever them; used especially in body cavities
- 4. strings stretched across the lower head of a snare drum; they make a rattling sound when the drum is hit
- 5. a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a noose