1[always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]FASTEN/DO UP to fasten something or someone in place with one or more straps 用帶子束住,捆綁
strap something on/down etc
He was only ten when he strapped on a guitar for the first time.
他第一次背上吉他時才十歲。
soldiers with grenades strapped to their belts
腰帶上綁着手榴彈的士兵
be strapped in (=have a belt fastened around you in a car) 〔在汽車裏〕系好安全帶
Are the kids strapped in?
孩子們系好安全帶了嗎?
2.British EnglishBrE (also strap up)MH to tiebandages firmly round a part of your body that has been hurt 〔用繃帶〕包紮〔傷口〕
nGrammar
Strap is often used in the passive.
Examples from the Corpus
strap• As a child, she was strapped into braces that foreclosedmovement and left sores on her back.• Waiting for them there are a team of technicians who will help them strap into the couches for the launch.• As the name suggests, you simply roll it up and strap it round.
be strapped in• Always make sure that all passengers and heavy loadsare strapped in.• Appearing in the Living Curtain meant that their arms were strapped in an outstretched position from the interval until the finale.