a trap for catching birds or mammals, typically one having a noose of wire or cord (捕捉鸟兽的)陷阱,罗网 ■(figurative)a thing likely to lure or tempt someone into harm or error (喻)陷阱,圈套 seducers laid their snares for innocent provincials. 诱奸者为天真的外地人设好了圈套。 ■(Surgery)a wire loop for severing polyps or other growths (外科)(勒除息肉和增生)勒除器
a length of wire, gut, or hide stretched across a drumhead to produce a rattling sound (绷在鼓面上的)响弦 Middle Dutch ■(亦作snare drum). another term forside drum 同side drum
verb
[with obj.]catch (a bird or mammal) in a snare 用罗网捕(鸟兽) ■(figurative)catch or trap (someone) (喻)诱捕(某人),使上当 five blackmailers were snared in a police sting. 五个勒索者陷入了警察精心设计的圈套。