单词 | trip |
释义 | trip v. & n. --vintr. & tr. (tripped, tripping)   1. intr. a walk or dance with quick light steps. b (of a rhythm etc.) run lightly.   2. a intr. & tr. (often foll. by up) stumble or cause to stumble, esp. by catching or entangling the feet. b intr. & tr. (foll. by up) make or cause to make a slip or blunder.   3. tr. detect (a person) in a blunder.   4. intr. make an excursion to a place.   5. tr. release (part of a machine) suddenly by knocking aside a catch etc.   6. a release and raise (an anchor) from the bottom by means of a cable. b turn (a yard etc.) from a horizontal to a vertical position for lowering.   7. intr. colloq. have a hallucinatory experience caused by a drug. --n   1. a journey or excursion, esp. for pleasure.   2. a a stumble or blunder. b the act of tripping or the state of being tripped up.   3. a nimble step.   4. colloq. a hallucinatory experience caused by a drug.   5. a contrivance for a tripping mechanism etc. Phrases and idioms trip-hammer a large tilt-hammer operated by tripping. trip-wire a wire stretched close to the ground, operating an alarm etc. when disturbed. Etymology: ME f. OF triper, tripper, f. MDu. trippen skip, hop |
随便看 |
英语词典包含43808条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。