booby trap

noun
🔊/ˈbuːbi træp/
🔊/ˈbuːbi træp/
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  1. a hidden bomb that explodes when the object that it is connected to is touched饵雷;诡雷
    • Nobody went near the abandoned car in case it was a booby trap.万一这是一个陷阱,没人会靠近这辆废弃的汽车。
    • a booby-trap device containing two kilos of explosives一个装有两公斤炸药的诱杀装置
  2. a hidden device that is meant as a joke to surprise somebody, for example an object placed above a door so that it will fall on the first person who opens the door(为开玩笑而设下的)陷阱