late 15c., from mouse (n.) + trap (n.). Figurative use from 1570s. The thing is older than the word. Old English had musfealle; Middle English had mouscacche (late 14c.).
雙語例句
1. They bait the mousetrap with stale cheese.
他們用變質(zhì)的乳酪作捕鼠夾的誘餌.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. This onomatopoeic word suggests to me the sound a mousetrap makes when it snaps shut.
這個擬聲詞讓我想起捕鼠夾子突然合上時的聲音。
來自柯林斯例句
3. The mouse wondered - he was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap.
老鼠很好奇,他撕開包裹,發(fā)現(xiàn)里面原來是一個捕鼠器.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
4. Building a better mousetrap, one raindrop at a time.