trip-wiren.

Forms: Also trip wire, tripwire.

Etymology: < trip n.¹ or trip v. + wire n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtrip-wire.

a. A wire stretched near the ground in order to trip up enemies, trespassers, etc. Hence, a wire placed so that contact with it operates a weapon, flash-light, or other device.

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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device to trip or obstruct people or horses > [noun] > spec

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1916 A. Knebworth Let. 24 Feb. in Ld. Lytton Antony (1935) i. 21 He walks forward, he has found his landmark. He thinks he knows where the Huns are. He is coming to the Hun trip wire. He has cut the German trip wire.

1928 Daily Mail 3 Aug. 8/3 Trip-wires to ensnare the enemy.

1928 Daily Tel. 16 Oct. 18 A flash-light operated by means of a ‘trip wire’.

1941 Illustr. London News 22 Feb. 233/1 (caption) The mine can be fired by various methods such as electric contact or time fuse—trip wire or impact.

1947 D. M. Davin Gorse blooms Pale 124 They had time..to lace the stumps with barbed trip~wires.

1960 C. Day Lewis Buried Day v. 100 The window~cleaner's tricycle was built up to represent a German tank, which was laagering in a dell I had privily surrounded with trip-wires.

1974 Times 21 Jan. 12/5 There's a series of trip wires which set off rockets and flares if they are touched.

1978 ‘F. Parrish’ Sting of Honeybee vi. 83 Dan wondered about dogs, electric fences, trip-wires, gin-traps.

b. transferred and figurative.

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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > snare, trap, entanglement > [noun]

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trip-wire1971

1971 P. O'Donnell Impossible Virgin vi. 117 He was operating on more than one level. He may have meant his offer, but he was laying trip-wires at the same time.

1976 Ld. Home Way Wind Blows xiv. 195 A Prime Minister..is well-advised to search every question for the trip-wire which is usually well-concealed, but almost sure to be there, and to think up the riposte which will turn the tables on the Opposition.

1979 P. Niesewand Member of Club ix. 63 One other type of sensor..sets up an invisible light beam... If someone walks across it, they interrupt the beam. It's a kind of optical tripwire.

2. figurative. A comparatively weak military force employed as a first line of defence, whose involvement in hostilities will trigger the intervention of stronger forces. Frequently attributive. Originally U.S.

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society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > group with special function or duty > [noun] > force as first line of defence

trip-wire1957

1957 Observer 1 Sept. 8/3 The German electorate are baffled as to whether Nato is meant to defend their soil, or provide the tripwire for a Soviet-American suicide pact.

1960 Washington Post 4 Apr. a 19 Stans suggested that a switch be made to the ‘trip-wire’ defense theory which would require but one American division.

1966 U. Schwarz & L. Hadik Strategic Terminol. 115 Advocates of this modification ridicule the simple tripwire concept by saying that to all intents and purposes a single U.S. soldier could act as tripwire.

1969 New Statesman 11 Apr. 500/3 He [sc. King Hussein] is anxious to make a separate peace with the Israelis on the basis of a demilitarised West Bank, with an Israeli military tripwire on the Jordan.

1976 Ld. Home Way Wind Blows xii. 167 There was, however, a running argument among the professionals as to whether the line between the Warsaw Pact and the NATO forces should be thinly held (by a trip~wire) or more strongly manned.

1979 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts 127 550/2 From the mid 1950s to the late '60s, the West relied on the so-called ‘tripwire’ strategy. Stated simply, this meant that any aggressive adventure on the part of the Soviet Union would be met by an overwhelming nuclear response.

1980 Times 24 May 15/2 What is profoundly discouraging is to find our work impeded by the old discredited trip-wires of the Cold War.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	trip-wire
释义	trip-wiren. Forms: Also trip wire, tripwire. Etymology: < trip n.¹ or trip v. + wire n.¹Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtrip-wire. 1. a. A wire stretched near the ground in order to trip up enemies, trespassers, etc. Hence, a wire placed so that contact with it operates a weapon, flash-light, or other device. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > device to trip or obstruct people or horses > [noun] > spec caltrop1519 cheval de frise1688 ranjau1783 cheval-trap1787 punji1849 trip-wire1916 the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > manner of walking > stumbling > one who or that which causes balk1549 tripper1605 stumbling-block1663 hub1669 trip-wire1916 society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > parts of machines > control(s) > [noun] > other controls governor1797 self-regulator1822 steering1877 telekin1905 trip-wire1916 limiter1968 1916 A. Knebworth Let. 24 Feb. in Ld. Lytton Antony (1935) i. 21 He walks forward, he has found his landmark. He thinks he knows where the Huns are. He is coming to the Hun trip wire. He has cut the German trip wire. 1928 Daily Mail 3 Aug. 8/3 Trip-wires to ensnare the enemy. 1928 Daily Tel. 16 Oct. 18 A flash-light operated by means of a ‘trip wire’. 1941 Illustr. London News 22 Feb. 233/1 (caption) The mine can be fired by various methods such as electric contact or time fuse—trip wire or impact. 1947 D. M. Davin Gorse blooms Pale 124 They had time..to lace the stumps with barbed trip~wires. 1960 C. Day Lewis Buried Day v. 100 The window~cleaner's tricycle was built up to represent a German tank, which was laagering in a dell I had privily surrounded with trip-wires. 1974 Times 21 Jan. 12/5 There's a series of trip wires which set off rockets and flares if they are touched. 1978 ‘F. Parrish’ Sting of Honeybee vi. 83 Dan wondered about dogs, electric fences, trip-wires, gin-traps. b. transferred and figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > snare, trap, entanglement > [noun] neteOE angleOE grinc1000 trapc1175 caltropa1300 lacec1330 girnc1375 espyc1380 webc1400 hook1430 settingc1430 lure1463 stall?a1500 stalea1529 toil1548 intrap1550 hose-net1554 gudgeon1577 mousetrap1577 trapfall1596 ensnarementa1617 decoy1655 cobweba1657 trepan1665 snap1844 deadfall1860 Judas1907 tanglefoot1908 catch-221963 trip-wire1971 1971 P. O'Donnell Impossible Virgin vi. 117 He was operating on more than one level. He may have meant his offer, but he was laying trip-wires at the same time. 1976 Ld. Home Way Wind Blows xiv. 195 A Prime Minister..is well-advised to search every question for the trip-wire which is usually well-concealed, but almost sure to be there, and to think up the riposte which will turn the tables on the Opposition. 1979 P. Niesewand Member of Club ix. 63 One other type of sensor..sets up an invisible light beam... If someone walks across it, they interrupt the beam. It's a kind of optical tripwire. 2. figurative. A comparatively weak military force employed as a first line of defence, whose involvement in hostilities will trigger the intervention of stronger forces. Frequently attributive. Originally U.S. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > group with special function or duty > [noun] > force as first line of defence trip-wire1957 1957 Observer 1 Sept. 8/3 The German electorate are baffled as to whether Nato is meant to defend their soil, or provide the tripwire for a Soviet-American suicide pact. 1960 Washington Post 4 Apr. a 19 Stans suggested that a switch be made to the ‘trip-wire’ defense theory which would require but one American division. 1966 U. Schwarz & L. Hadik Strategic Terminol. 115 Advocates of this modification ridicule the simple tripwire concept by saying that to all intents and purposes a single U.S. soldier could act as tripwire. 1969 New Statesman 11 Apr. 500/3 He [sc. King Hussein] is anxious to make a separate peace with the Israelis on the basis of a demilitarised West Bank, with an Israeli military tripwire on the Jordan. 1976 Ld. Home Way Wind Blows xii. 167 There was, however, a running argument among the professionals as to whether the line between the Warsaw Pact and the NATO forces should be thinly held (by a trip~wire) or more strongly manned. 1979 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts 127 550/2 From the mid 1950s to the late '60s, the West relied on the so-called ‘tripwire’ strategy. Stated simply, this meant that any aggressive adventure on the part of the Soviet Union would be met by an overwhelming nuclear response. 1980 Times 24 May 15/2 What is profoundly discouraging is to find our work impeded by the old discredited trip-wires of the Cold War. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1916
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