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.).
双语例句
1. They bait the mousetrap with stale cheese.
他们用变质的乳酪作捕鼠夹的诱饵.
来自《简明英汉词典》
2. This onomatopoeic word suggests to me the sound a mousetrap makes when it snaps shut.
这个拟声词让我想起捕鼠夹子突然合上时的声音。
来自柯林斯例句
3. The mouse wondered - he was devastated to discover it was a mousetrap.
老鼠很好奇,他撕开包裹,发现里面原来是一个捕鼠器.
来自互联网
4. Building a better mousetrap, one raindrop at a time.
