trip
v
(-pp-)
1
(a) [I, Ipr, Ip]
~ (over/up) catch one's foot on sth and stumble or fall 絆; 絆倒
She tripped (over the cat) and fell. 她(讓貓)絆了一跤.
Be careful you don't trip (up) on the mat. 小心別在地席上絆倒了.
I tripped over, dropping the tray I was carrying. 我絆了一下, 手中的托盤掉在地上了.
(b) [Tn, Tn.p]
~ sb (up) cause sb to do this 使某人絆跤; 絆倒某人
He tried to trip me up. 他想把我絆倒.
2 [I, Ipr, Ip]
walk, run or dance with quick light steps 輕快地行走、 奔跑或跳舞
She came tripping down the garden path. 她輕快地沿著花園小路跑來.
(fig 比喻) a melody with a light tripping rhythm 節(jié)奏輕快的曲調(diào).
3 [Tn] release (a switch or catch); operate (a mechanism) by doing this 松開(開關(guān)); (松開開關(guān))開動(dòng)(機(jī)器)
trip the shutter, ie of a camera 按動(dòng)快門
If anyone tampers with this door it trips the alarm. 要是有人撬這扇門, 就會(huì)觸響警報(bào)器.
4 [I, Ip] ~ (out) (dated sl 舊, 俚) have a trip(n 1) (通常指短途)行走, 行駛, 旅行(尤指娛樂).
5 (phr v) trip (sb) up (cause sb to) make a mistake, reveal a secret, etc (使某人)犯錯(cuò)誤、 泄漏秘密等
The lawyer was tryingto trip the witnesses up, ie make them contradict themselves.那律師竭力想讓證人互相矛盾.
I tripped up in the interview and said something rather silly. 我在面試中不慎說了一些蠢話. trip, n
1 (usu short) journey, esp for pleasure (通常指短途的)行走, 行駛, 旅行(尤指娛樂性的)
a trip to the seaside 海濱之行
during my last trip to London 在我上次去倫敦的行程中
a honeymoon trip to Venice前往威尼斯的蜜月旅行. =>Usage at journey 用法見journey.
2 (sl 俚) experience, esp one caused by taking a hallucinating drug 體驗(yàn); (尤指服用致幻劑後的)幻覺體驗(yàn)
an acid (ie LSD) trip 迷幻藥產(chǎn)生的幻覺
a good/bad trip 舒服的[不舒服的]迷幻感受.
3 act of tripping (trip v 1) or being tripped; fall or stumble 絆; 絆倒.
4 device for tripping (trip v 3) a mechanism 松開機(jī)械開關(guān)的裝置.