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单词 booby trap
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Definition of booby trap in English:

booby trap

nounˈbuːbi trapˈbubi ˌtræp
  • 1An apparently harmless object containing a concealed explosive device designed to detonate when someone touches it.

    饵雷,诡雷

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Instead, the Marines were leaving a promotion ceremony when one of them apparently triggered a booby trap, causing the explosion.
    • Late last year, terrorists placed a booby trap bomb underneath his car outside his home on the outskirts of north Belfast.
    • He was killed together with two young boys by an IRA booby trap on the pleasure craft he maintained in Ireland.
    • Recovery of the booby trap bombs comes after a summer of high activity by local dissident groups.
    • Yesterday's discovery of 10 guns, two pipe bombs, a booby trap device and hundreds of rounds of ammunition had almost certainly saved more lives.
    • One tree trunk mould might conceal radio equipment but another shaped like a piece of camel dung hid a booby trap that could blow the tyre off a truck.
    • The perils include projectiles, grenades, land mines, rockets and booby traps.
    • The bomb had a booby trap trigger sequence - once the case was opened it would begin a countdown to explode in only twenty four hours.
    • Troops began searching the compound and found the weapons haul - and a deadly booby trap.
    • A booby trap bomb was found outside the store in the centre of Skipton.
    • It does not matter if you use a bomb or a booby trap; as long as you target a particular person, it's assassination.
    • He finds a grenade left behind by the soldiers and sets up a booby trap for them in his father's outdoor tent.
    • When I asked them what was going on, they told me they had four casualties from that booby trap, and two were dead and two were wounded.
    • Officers seized a number of pipe bombs, a booby trap device, a handgun and ammunition and a quantity of bomb-making equipment.
    • The employment of several other weapons (primarily land mines, booby traps, and incendiary devices) is also restricted where civilians are concerned.
    • When I asked why, he explained that the wire was a typical trigger for an Improvised Explosive Device, better known as a booby trap.
    • Police were turning us all back and there was talk of maybe a booby trap bomb at which point I decided to try and get a taxi the 5km back to my hotel.
    • The robotic vehicle, Cyclops, is a coup for the diving teams, giving them the ability to remotely attack and defeat an explosive device or booby trap.
    • Land mines and booby traps are a constant threat.
    • Larkin said they believe one of the bombs was a booby trap to protect a drug-producing operation and was built to be detonated from a remote location.
    1. 1.1 A trap intended as a practical joke, especially one involving an object placed on top of a door ajar ready to fall on a person passing through.
      (和某人开玩笑而设的)陷阱(尤指在半开的门顶上放置某物,有人开门时即落在其身上)
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Occasionally they would sneak down in the middle of the night to play some prank on the Vandals, like steal their flag or set up a booby trap outside the door.
      Synonyms
      trap, snare
verbˈbuːbi trapˈbubi ˌtræp
[with object]
  • Place a booby trap in or on (an object or area)

    对…设置陷阱;在…设置饵雷

    using the two remaining grenades he booby-trapped the radio
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I begin to wonder if the trail might be booby-trapped.
    • They have booby-trapped the entrances to allies.
    • After a thorough search of his house, we also found light weapons and pistols, and eight booby-trapped suitcases, a large group of passports, and codes.
    • Martin, who wept as he gave evidence, denied having booby-trapped the house or having lain in wait for the burglars.
    • Lewisham Council says it found one tower-block rooftop booby-trapped by pirates ‘putting a 240V electrical supply on the locks’.
    • Private citizens can't mine their backyards or booby-trap their front doors.
    • They've been booby-trapping it, laying homemade bombs.
    • Meth dealers, manufacturers and users are notorious for booby-trapping their stashes.
    • Some stations, he says, booby-trap transmitters with CS spray to keep them from being stolen, and one has kept pit bulls on a tower-block roof in Hackney.
    • So it wasn't any contact with civilians, on the contrary, with diehard terrorists who were booby-trapping every corner, every alley, every door.
    • When she'd tried to booby trap her house from him months ago, he always got through her tricks.
    • My room is practically booby-trapped with clothes, but having a bird around might be alright.
    • There, everything from buildings to dead bodies to cars to entire streets were booby-trapped.
    • It could have been booby-trapped with explosives.
    • During the last few classes of the week I began formulating plans of how to booby trap certain rooms for those who wished to take the party a step further.
    • When US guards went to inspect the damage outside the embassy the following morning, they discovered the area was booby-trapped with several more bombs.
    • The fighting will be ferocious and unyielding, the casualties enormous, the narrow alleyways are already booby-trapped.
    • One feels the movement should have been booby-trapped by its own pioneers in order to repel the historians of the future.
    • No urban terrorist group has poisoned our water courses or booby-trapped our footpaths.
    • The official said the apartment was booby-trapped with explosives.

Definition of booby trap in US English:

booby trap

nounˈbo͞obē ˌtrapˈbubi ˌtræp
  • 1An apparently harmless object containing a concealed explosive device designed to kill or injure anyone who touches it.

    饵雷,诡雷

    miles of mines, booby traps, and underground fortifications
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A booby trap bomb was found outside the store in the centre of Skipton.
    • Instead, the Marines were leaving a promotion ceremony when one of them apparently triggered a booby trap, causing the explosion.
    • He finds a grenade left behind by the soldiers and sets up a booby trap for them in his father's outdoor tent.
    • He was killed together with two young boys by an IRA booby trap on the pleasure craft he maintained in Ireland.
    • One tree trunk mould might conceal radio equipment but another shaped like a piece of camel dung hid a booby trap that could blow the tyre off a truck.
    • Police were turning us all back and there was talk of maybe a booby trap bomb at which point I decided to try and get a taxi the 5km back to my hotel.
    • The employment of several other weapons (primarily land mines, booby traps, and incendiary devices) is also restricted where civilians are concerned.
    • The robotic vehicle, Cyclops, is a coup for the diving teams, giving them the ability to remotely attack and defeat an explosive device or booby trap.
    • Troops began searching the compound and found the weapons haul - and a deadly booby trap.
    • Late last year, terrorists placed a booby trap bomb underneath his car outside his home on the outskirts of north Belfast.
    • The bomb had a booby trap trigger sequence - once the case was opened it would begin a countdown to explode in only twenty four hours.
    • When I asked why, he explained that the wire was a typical trigger for an Improvised Explosive Device, better known as a booby trap.
    • Land mines and booby traps are a constant threat.
    • The perils include projectiles, grenades, land mines, rockets and booby traps.
    • Officers seized a number of pipe bombs, a booby trap device, a handgun and ammunition and a quantity of bomb-making equipment.
    • When I asked them what was going on, they told me they had four casualties from that booby trap, and two were dead and two were wounded.
    • Yesterday's discovery of 10 guns, two pipe bombs, a booby trap device and hundreds of rounds of ammunition had almost certainly saved more lives.
    • It does not matter if you use a bomb or a booby trap; as long as you target a particular person, it's assassination.
    • Recovery of the booby trap bombs comes after a summer of high activity by local dissident groups.
    • Larkin said they believe one of the bombs was a booby trap to protect a drug-producing operation and was built to be detonated from a remote location.
    1. 1.1 A trap intended as a practical joke, such as an object placed on top of a door ajar ready to fall on the next person to pass through.
      (和某人开玩笑而设的)陷阱(尤指在半开的门顶上放置某物,有人开门时即落在其身上)
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Occasionally they would sneak down in the middle of the night to play some prank on the Vandals, like steal their flag or set up a booby trap outside the door.
      Synonyms
      trap, snare
verbˈbo͞obē ˌtrapˈbubi ˌtræp
[with object]
  • Place a booby trap in or on (an object or area)

    对…设置陷阱;在…设置饵雷

    using the two remaining grenades he booby-trapped the radio
    Example sentencesExamples
    • After a thorough search of his house, we also found light weapons and pistols, and eight booby-trapped suitcases, a large group of passports, and codes.
    • No urban terrorist group has poisoned our water courses or booby-trapped our footpaths.
    • They've been booby-trapping it, laying homemade bombs.
    • Private citizens can't mine their backyards or booby-trap their front doors.
    • The fighting will be ferocious and unyielding, the casualties enormous, the narrow alleyways are already booby-trapped.
    • The official said the apartment was booby-trapped with explosives.
    • Martin, who wept as he gave evidence, denied having booby-trapped the house or having lain in wait for the burglars.
    • One feels the movement should have been booby-trapped by its own pioneers in order to repel the historians of the future.
    • During the last few classes of the week I began formulating plans of how to booby trap certain rooms for those who wished to take the party a step further.
    • Meth dealers, manufacturers and users are notorious for booby-trapping their stashes.
    • I begin to wonder if the trail might be booby-trapped.
    • It could have been booby-trapped with explosives.
    • They have booby-trapped the entrances to allies.
    • When US guards went to inspect the damage outside the embassy the following morning, they discovered the area was booby-trapped with several more bombs.
    • So it wasn't any contact with civilians, on the contrary, with diehard terrorists who were booby-trapping every corner, every alley, every door.
    • Lewisham Council says it found one tower-block rooftop booby-trapped by pirates ‘putting a 240V electrical supply on the locks’.
    • When she'd tried to booby trap her house from him months ago, he always got through her tricks.
    • There, everything from buildings to dead bodies to cars to entire streets were booby-trapped.
    • My room is practically booby-trapped with clothes, but having a bird around might be alright.
    • Some stations, he says, booby-trap transmitters with CS spray to keep them from being stolen, and one has kept pit bulls on a tower-block roof in Hackney.
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