trapper

/ˈtræpə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · [trˈæpɚ] /ˈtræpər/ (ame, ipa) · [trˈæpɚ] /ˈtrapə(r)/ (ame, mw)

trapper — noun

  • trappersingular
  • trappersplural

1. someone whose work is setting traps to catch animals outdoors, often for fur, fo

1.名詞B2
釋義

someone whose work is setting traps to catch animals outdoors, often for fur, food, or wildlife control.

例句

Layla met a licensed trapper beside the frozen river before sunrise.

collocation: licensed trapper

The beaver trapper checked each trap after the heavy snow stopped.

compound: beaver trapper

同義詞
  • hunter

    broader term; a hunter may use guns or bows instead of traps

  • poacher

    often illegal and secretive, unlike the more neutral word trapper

文法句型

licensed/professional + trapper

animal + trapper

work as + a trapper

用法筆記

This word usually suggests catching animals by leaving traps in place and returning later, not chasing them directly with a gun. It often appears in historical, northern, or outdoor-life contexts.

常見錯誤

❌The trapper shot three ducks by the lake.
✅The hunter shot three ducks by the lake.' or 'The trapper set three traps by the lake.
💡A trapper is defined by using traps; if the focus is shooting, hunter is more natural.
❌My aunt is a trapper on the stock market.
✅My aunt is a trader on the stock market.
💡Trappers catch animals; they do not buy and sell financial products.
❌We called a trapper to repair the mousetrap in our kitchen.
✅We called a pest-control worker to deal with the mice in our kitchen.
💡Trapper usually refers to someone catching wild animals outdoors, not someone fixing a household trap.