| 单词 | tripping up |
| 释义 | > as lemmastripping up a. The action of trip v. in transitive senses. Also tripping up; in quot. 1857 spec. the curvature of a boat's keel. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > manner of walking > light trip-and-go1532 trip1585 tripping1594 trippingness1827 patting1860 skitter1959 the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > manner of walking > stumbling stumblinga1400 snappering1591 tripping1594 stumble1641 cespitation1654 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > [noun] > action of erring mistakinga1400 forvayingc1430 faultingc1450 erring1483 tripping1594 stumble1641 society > travel > [noun] > travelling for pleasure > go on a short trip > going on short trip jauntinga1627 tripping1840 excursionizing1881 society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > outing or excursion > [noun] > making tripping1840 excursionizing1881 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > inaccuracy, inexactness > incorrectness of language > [noun] > incorrect speech > slip of the tongue lapse1526 lapsus linguae1668 a slip of the tongue1725 tripping1894 tongue-slip1913 1594 T. Nashe Terrors of Night in Wks. (Grosart) III. 273 Their daintie feete in their tender birdlike trippings, enameld (as it were) the dustie ground. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1072 Answeres and oracles as touching..the tripping and stumbling of the foot. 1693 Apol. Clergy Scotl. 14 [They] are very glad when they can discover the trippings of their Adversaries. 1733 S. Knight Let. 24 Mar. in Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica No. 2 (1781) ii. 167 It is very easy to discover his trippings. 1828 T. Carlyle Goethe's Helena in Foreign Rev. 1 464 We cannot follow him through these fine warblings and trippings on the light fantastic toe. 1840 T. Hood Up Rhine 34 Tripping up the Rhine, instead of taking my place at Woodlands. 1850 E. B. Denison Rudimentary Treat. Clock & Watch Making i. liv. 77 The hook at the end of the slope will not catch the tooth as it ought to do, and two or three teeth will slip past at once: this is called tripping. 1857 P. M. Colquhoun Compan. Oarsman's Guide 31 Shear is the rising of the gunwale of a boat towards head and stern; gamber is the same on the keel; otherwise called tripping up. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 371/1 This error called ‘tripping’, is also produced if there is much space between the detent and the wheel. 1894 Forum (N.Y.) Oct. 158 Slips, hesitations, and tripping in speech, which, once made, could never be recalled. < as lemmas |
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