"rattrap" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 捕鼠器

Definition

捕鼠器是一種用來捕捉或殺死老鼠的裝置。也可比喻指令人不快、破舊或難以擺脫的地方或處境。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

“Rattrap”多指捕鼠器，本義用得多，比喻破舊或難離開的地方，在英式英語較常見。常見用法有“set a rattrap”，“live in a rattrap”。

Examples

He set a rattrap in the kitchen to catch the mice.

他在廚房放了一個**捕鼠器**來抓老鼠。

The old house was full of rattraps.

那棟老房子裡滿是**捕鼠器**。

The rattrap caught a big rat last night.

**捕鼠器**昨晚抓到了一隻大老鼠。

After his job loss, his apartment felt like a rattrap he couldn't escape.

失業後，他的公寓感覺就像一個他無法逃脫的**捕鼠器**。

The little shop was such a rattrap, dark and cluttered and hard to breathe in.

那家小商店就像個**捕鼠器**，又黑又亂，令人生厭。

Sometimes, life can feel like a rattrap when things keep going wrong.

有時，生活就像個**捕鼠器**，事情總是不順利。