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trapped

/træpt/

trapped off

trappedpast participle

/træpt/

Translations

coincéFiguré ; s’emploie pour une situation ou un sentiment d’impasse.

Feeling trapped in a dead-end job, she decided to pursue her passion for painting.

Se sentant coincée dans un emploi sans avenir, elle a décidé de poursuivre sa passion pour la peinture.

piégéSens physique ; pour une personne ou un animal retenu sans possibilité de s’échapper.

The trapped animal struggled to free itself from the net.

L’animal piégé s’est débattu pour se libérer du filet.

Definitions

Unable to escape from a place, position, or situation.

Feeling trapped in a dead-end job, she decided to pursue her passion for painting.

Caught or held physically so that movement or escape is difficult or impossible.

The trapped animal struggled to free itself from the net.

Synonyms

trapverb

trapped

Past Simple

trapped

Past Simple

trapped

Past Participle

trapping

ing-form

/træp/

Translations

piéger

The hunter managed to trap the fox using a snare.

Le chasseur a réussi à piéger le renard avec un lacet.

contrôlerEn sport, notamment au football.

She expertly trapped the pass with her right foot.

Elle a contrôlé la passe avec son pied droit.

Additional translations

coincerSens de placer quelqu'un dans une situation difficile ou de le retenir sans issue.

emprisonnerPour une substance, une chaleur ou un élément retenu à l'intérieur.

Definitions

To catch an animal or person in a trap or a situation from which it is difficult to escape.

The hunter managed to trap the fox using a snare.

To place someone in a difficult or unpleasant situation from which it is hard to escape.

The heavy snowstorm trapped the hikers on the mountain overnight.

To trick someone into doing something that they did not intend to do.

The journalist tried to trap the politician into making a controversial statement.

To prevent something from escaping or being lost.

The insulation is designed to trap heat inside the building.

In sports, especially soccer, to stop and control (a moving ball) with a part of the body.

She expertly trapped the pass with her right foot.

Synonyms

Antonyms

set free

let go

emancipate

trapnoun

Definitions

A device or enclosure designed to catch and retain animals, typically by allowing entry but not exit or by catching hold of a part of the body.

The hunter set a trap to catch rabbits in the forest.

A situation in which someone is tricked into doing something or is caught in a difficult or dangerous situation.

He realized too late that the business deal was a trap.

A light, two-wheeled carriage pulled by a horse.

They rode in a trap to the countryside for a picnic.

A device for catching insects, such as a flytrap.

The kitchen was filled with fly traps to keep the pests away.

A type of percussion instrument, specifically a drum kit.

The drummer played a solo on his trap during the concert.

A U-shaped section of pipe in a drain that retains water to prevent sewer gases from entering a building.

The plumber replaced the sink's trap to stop the unpleasant smell.

Informal. The trapezius muscle of the upper back (usually plural traps).

Shrugs are great for building the traps.

trapadjective

Definitions

Designed to catch or ensnare; functioning as or containing a trap.

The dungeon was filled with trap doors and hidden levers.