trap /træp/► SEE ALLfall into/avoid the trap of doing sthshut your mouth/trap/face/gob!spring a trap ●fall into/avoid the trap of doing sthdo/avoid doing sth that is a mistake but which seems at first to be a good idea掉进／避免掉进…的陷阱◆Parents sometimes fall into the trap of trying to do everything for their children. 家长有时会陷入误区，什么都替子女操办好。●shut your ˈmouth/ˈtrap/ˈface/ˈgob! ( keep your ˈmouth/ˈtrap shut) (slang) a rude way of telling sb to be quiet or stop talking（用于粗暴地制止某人讲话）住口，闭嘴◆‘Shut your face’, Roger said, ‘or I’ll kick you out.’“闭嘴，”罗杰说，“不然我就把你踢出去。”◆Why can’t you learn to keep your big mouth shut?你为什么不能闭上你那张大嘴！NOTETrap and gob are slang words for ‘mouth’. * trap 与 gob 都是俚语，意为“嘴巴”。●spring a ˈtrap1.make a trap for catching animals close suddenly使捕兽器突然合上；触发捕兽器2.try to trick sb into doing or saying sth; succeed in this设圈套；下套子◆The burglars were arrested after the police sprung a trap on them last night.昨晚警察设下埋伏，抓住了窃贼。