trap

piège

Dispositif servant à capturer un animal, parfois en le tuant.

En anglais simple : A device used to catch an animal, sometimes killing it.

• There is a mouse in the trap.
• He set traps near the fence.
• The fox escaped from a trap.

Comment l'utiliser : a trap for something (We set a trap for the mouse.)

Synonymes : snare

Expressions courantes : mouse trap, set a trap, animal trap

piège

Ruse ou situation qui piège quelqu’un ou le pousse à faire quelque chose qu’il devrait éviter.

En anglais simple : A trick or situation that catches someone or makes them do something they should avoid.

• The police set a trap for the thief.
• She avoided the trap of blaming everyone else.
• His friendly invitation turned out to be a trap.

Comment l'utiliser : fall into the trap of doing something (Do not fall into the trap of spending more than you earn.)

Synonymes : snare, pitfall

Expressions courantes : fall into a trap, set a trap, a clever trap

siphon

Partie d’un tuyau qui retient du liquide pour bloquer les gaz tout en laissant le liquide s’écouler.

En anglais simple : A part of a pipe that holds liquid to stop gas passing through while allowing liquid to flow.

• The plumber cleaned the sink trap.
• Water in the trap stops unpleasant smells.
• A leaking trap needs replacing.

Expressions courantes : sink trap, drain trap, water trap

trappe

Porte ou couvercle fermant une ouverture, souvent dans un plancher ou un plafond.

En anglais simple : A door or cover over an opening, often in a floor or ceiling.

• Open the trap carefully.
• A ladder led down through the trap.
• The actor disappeared through a trap in the stage.

Synonymes : trapdoor, hatch

Expressions courantes : open the trap, close the trap, stage trap

lanceur

Appareil qui retient quelque chose puis le libère ou le lance brusquement.

En anglais simple : A device that holds something and then suddenly lets it go.

• Load the trap with a clay target.
• The trap released the target into the air.
• They tested several traps before the shooting competition.

Synonymes : launcher

Expressions courantes : clay pigeon trap, automatic trap, load the trap

poche d’air

Endroit d’un tuyau ou d’une pompe où s’accumule de l’air qui ne peut pas sortir.

En anglais simple : A place in a pipe or pump where air collects because it cannot escape.

• An air trap stopped the water flow.
• The engineer found a trap inside the pipe.
• Opening the valve released air from the trap.

Synonymes : air pocket

Expressions courantes : air trap, trap in something, remove an air trap

coincer, piéger

Mettre quelqu’un ou quelque chose dans une situation sans issue, par un obstacle physique ou une ruse.

En anglais simple : To put someone or something in a position where they cannot get free, physically or through a trick.

• I trapped my hand in the window.
• The fire trapped several people upstairs.
• Her questions trapped him into revealing his plan.

Comment l'utiliser : trap someone/something in something (I trapped my finger in the door.); trap someone into doing something (They trapped him into admitting that he knew the password.)

Synonymes : entrap, ensnare, catch

Contraires : free, release

Expressions courantes : trap your finger, trap someone inside, trap someone into something

piéger, capturer

Capturer une personne ou un animal avec un dispositif ou une situation dont il ne peut s’échapper.

En anglais simple : To catch a person or animal using a device or a situation they cannot escape from.

• They trapped a mouse in the kitchen.
• The hunters trapped several foxes.
• Rescuers freed a deer trapped in a fence.

Comment l'utiliser : trap someone/something in something (They trapped the fox in a cage.)

Synonymes : catch, capture

Contraires : release, free

Expressions courantes : trap a mouse, trap wild animals, trap someone inside