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mousetrap (n.)
[mousetrap 词源字典]
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.).
[mousetrap etymology, mousetrap origin, 英语词源]
[mousetrap 词源字典]