mousetrap

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈmaʊsˌtɹæp/

Verb

figuratively Internet transitive

(figuratively) To trap; to trick or fool (someone) into a bad situation. / (Internet, transitive) To prevent (the user) from leaving a website by opening another copy when it is closed.

Japanese Meaning

比喩的に、（誰かを）罠に陥れる、騙す、悪い状況に導く / インターネットにおいて、ユーザーがあるサイトを離れようとした際に、閉じる操作で別の同一サイトのウィンドウを開くことで離脱を防ぐ

What is this buttons?

They tried to mousetrap him into confessing by fabricating evidence.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼らは偽の証拠をでっち上げて彼を罠にかけ、自白させようとした。

Details

Sense（1）

(figuratively) To trap; to trick or fool (someone) into a bad situation.

He hoped to bring the rebels out of their trenches for a showdown battle somewhere south of the Wilderness, that gloomy expanse of scrub oaks and pines where Lee had mousetrapped Joe Hooker exactly a year earlier.

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Sense（2）

(Internet, transitive) To prevent (the user) from leaving a website by opening another copy when it is closed.

The scammer is paid for each new visitor directed to his site. There is nothing wrong except that the user finds it impossible to leave the site because he is mousetrapped.

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mousetraps

（ present singular third-person ）

mousetrapping

（ participle present ）

mousetrapped

（ participle past ）

mousetrapped

（ past ）

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