trapped

«trapped» in Mova's school dictionary: caught so that you cannot get away or get out — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb form (past and past participle of trap: trapped); adjective

meaning for a pupil

1) Trapped means caught so that you cannot get away or get out. tree →

2) Trapped means caught in a trap, as an animal can be. tree →

3) Trapped can mean held in one place, like trapped air or heat. tree →

4) Feeling trapped means feeling you have no way out of a bad situation. tree →

sense in the lessons

In safety lessons: children can get trapped in old fridges, car boots, chest freezers and lifts, so never hide in them; if you are trapped in a lift, press the alarm and wait; in a fire, if trapped, close the door, put a towel under it and signal from the window. In science, air trapped in fur, feathers or double glazing keeps things warm because it does not let heat out easily. In stories, a trapped hero builds tension. Phrases: «trapped in», «trapped under», «feel trapped», «trapped air».

examples

• The cat got trapped in the shed. tree →
• Never hide in an old fridge; you could get trapped. tree →
• The miners were trapped underground for days. tree →
• Air trapped in a bird's feathers keeps it warm. tree →
• The fox was trapped in a net. tree →
• A firefighter rescued the people trapped by the flood. tree →
• He felt trapped and didn't know who to ask for help. tree →
• Rain was trapped in the hollow of the rock. tree →

note

Past of «trap»: trap, traps, trapped, trapping — double the p. Not to be confused with «tapped» (touched lightly). If you feel trapped by a problem or a secret, tell a trusted adult.

In the corpora

• Web spiders feel vibrations so well they can tell a trapped insect from a leaf or a raindrop.
• In experiments, rats opened a cage to free another trapped rat, even when they could have eaten chocolate instead.
• Dian Fossey studied mountain gorillas in Rwanda and fought against poachers who trapped them; her work helped start the protection that saved them.
• In Jurassic Park, scientists find dinosaur blood in a mosquito trapped in amber and bring T. rex back.
• Popping candy works differently: gas is trapped inside hard sugar and pops out as the sugar melts.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «trapped» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.