tripping
tripping — 動詞
- trippingpresent simple I / you / we / they
- trippings3rd person singular
- trippinging-ing form
- trippingedpast simple
1. to hit your foot on an object by accident while walking or running, so that you
絆倒
走路時被東西絆到而跌倒
to hit your foot on an object by accident while walking or running, so that you lose your balance and possibly fall; or to cause another person to fall by putting your foot or another object in their way.
Sahil tripped over a loose cable in the office and dropped his coffee cup.
Sahil 在辦公室被一條鬆脫的電線絆倒，手中的咖啡杯也摔落了。
trip + over + noun (physical obstacle)
Mira nearly tripped on the uneven pavement while carrying the heavy shopping bags home.
Mira 提著沉重的購物袋回家時，差點在人行道坑洞上絆倒。
trip + on + uneven surface
The defender tripped the striker with a reckless tackle and received a yellow card from the referee.
後衛猛地鏟球絆倒了前鋒，被裁判出示黃牌警告。
Asher tripped on a tree root while jogging through the park and scraped his knee badly.
Asher 在公園慢跑時被樹根絆倒，膝蓋擦破了一大片皮。
文法句型
trip + over/on + noun
trip + someone + (with noun)
用法筆記
When used transitively (trip + someone), it implies deliberate or negligent action. The intransitive use (trip over/on + object) usually describes an accident.
常見錯誤
2. to walk, run, or dance with quick, light, and graceful steps, as if barely touch
輕快走
以輕快優雅的步伐移動
to walk, run, or dance with quick, light, and graceful steps, as if barely touching the ground.
The little girl tripped lightly down the garden path, chasing a monarch butterfly.
小女孩輕快地沿著花園小徑跑去，追著一隻帝王斑蝶。
trip + lightly + direction phrase
Joao could hear the dancer's feet tripping across the wooden stage during the early rehearsal.
Joao 聽見舞者的腳步在彩排時輕快地掠過木質舞台。
trip + across + surface
Wren tripped along the cobblestone street in her new shoes, feeling light and carefree.
Wren 穿著新鞋子輕快地走過鵝卵石街道，心情輕鬆愉快。
Saira tripped gracefully across the living room, pretending the carpet was a stage.
Saira 優雅地輕步穿過客廳，假裝地毯就是她的舞臺。
- stomp
heavy, noisy steps — the opposite of light movement
文法句型
trip + adverb (lightly, quickly)
trip + along/down/across + noun
用法筆記
This sense is somewhat literary or formal. It describes a graceful, deliberate movement, not an accidental stumble. Common in descriptive writing and poetry.
常見錯誤
3. to cause a switch, circuit breaker, alarm, or other mechanism to move into a dif
啟動；觸動
操作開關或啟動安全裝置
to cause a switch, circuit breaker, alarm, or other mechanism to move into a different position, usually turning a system on or off automatically.
Xiu tripped the circuit breaker when she plugged the space heater into the overloaded power strip.
Xiu 把電暖器插到已經超載的延長線上，導致無熔絲開關跳掉了。
trip + the circuit breaker (electricity)
Harper tripped the alarm by opening the emergency exit door without swiping her security badge first.
Harper 沒有刷員工證就直接打開逃生門，因而觸動了警報器。
trip + the alarm (security system)
The safety system tripped automatically when the temperature in the server room rose above sixty degrees.
伺服器機房溫度超過攝氏六十度時，安全系統自動啟動了。
Rachid accidentally tripped the motion sensor in the hallway and set off the outdoor floodlights.
Rachid 不小心觸動了走廊上的感應器，室外的探照燈立刻亮了起來。
- reset
to restore a tripped mechanism to its normal position
文法句型
trip + noun (switch/breaker/alarm)
trip + (mechanism) + on/off
用法筆記
Common in technical and security contexts. The subject can be a person (active), or the mechanism itself can trip (intransitive) when conditions are met. 'Trip' here does NOT imply a fall — it means a mechanical release or activation.
常見錯誤
4. to see, hear, and feel things that are not real because you have taken an illega
迷幻
服用迷幻藥後產生幻覺
to see, hear, and feel things that are not real because you have taken an illegal substance like LSD or magic mushrooms, which strongly alter your perception of the world around you.
The documentary warned teenagers about the risks of tripping on LSD without medical supervision.
這部紀錄片警告青少年，在沒有醫療監督的情況下服用 LSD 產生幻覺非常危險。
trip + on + drug name
Saira described tripping on psilocybin mushrooms as a deeply disorienting but emotionally intense experience.
Saira 形容服用迷幻蘑菇的經驗既讓人極度迷失方向，又帶來強烈的情感衝擊。
gerund: tripping + on + substance
Ezra spent the whole night tripping after taking a pill that his friend said would just make him feel relaxed.
Ezra 吃了朋友說只會讓人放鬆的藥丸後，整晚都在幻覺中度過。
Wren wrote a poem about tripping on ayahuasca during a retreat in the Peruvian jungle.
Wren 寫了一首詩，描述自己在祕魯叢林的一場靜修中服用死藤水的迷幻經驗。
- hallucinate
clinical and neutral — describes the symptom without the recreational connotation
文法句型
trip + on + drug
trip + (adverb)
用法筆記
Highly informal slang. Not used in formal or academic contexts about drug use — 'experience hallucinations' or 'under the influence of psychedelics' is preferred for formal writing.
常見錯誤
tripping — 名詞
1. an outing to a place and back again, typically brief and with a clear goal such
旅行；旅程
短暫的外出旅行
an outing to a place and back again, typically brief and with a clear goal such as buying things, visiting someone, or attending meetings.
Harper took a short trip to the coastal town for a weekend of swimming and fresh seafood.
Harper 到海邊小鎮做了一趟短途旅行，去游泳和吃新鮮海產。
take + a + trip + to + place
The Watanabe family made a trip to the supermarket to buy ingredients for the barbecue party.
渡邊一家人去超市跑了一趟，為烤肉派對採購食材。
make + a + trip + to + place (purpose)
Mira's business trip to Taipei was scheduled for three days with meetings at the regional head office.
Mira 的台北出差行程排了三天，要在地區總部開會。
Sahil and his classmates took a field trip to the natural history museum to see the dinosaur skeletons.
Sahil 和同學們去自然歷史博物館校外教學，參觀恐龍骨骼標本。
文法句型
trip + to + place
trip + from + place
on a trip
take a trip
用法筆記
Unlike 'journey' or 'travel', 'trip' always implies a return to the starting point. 'Field trip' (school outing), 'day trip', and 'round trip' are common compounds.
常見錯誤
2. an occasion when someone knocks their foot against something while walking or ru
絆跤
走路時被絆倒的事件
an occasion when someone knocks their foot against something while walking or running, causing them to stumble or fall.
The elderly man's trip on the loose rug resulted in a fractured hip that required immediate surgery.
老先生被鬆動的地毯絆倒，結果髖骨骨折，需要緊急開刀。
trip + on + cause (countable noun)
Asher's trip over his own backpack sent his textbooks and notebooks scattering across the hallway floor.
Asher 被自己的背包絆了一下，教科書和筆記本散落在走廊地上。
trip + over + object
Joao had a nasty trip on the basement stairs after the light bulb burned out and left the area dark.
地下室燈泡燒壞了，一片漆黑，Joao 在階梯上狠狠地絆了一跤。
The toddler took a little trip over his own feet and started crying until his mother picked him up.
學步的小孩被自己的腳絆了一下，大哭起來，直到媽媽把他抱起來才停。
文法句型
have a trip
trip + over/on
用法筆記
The noun 'trip' in this sense is less common than the verb form. English speakers more often say 'a stumble' or simply use the verb 'tripped'. 'A trip' as a noun for 'a fall' is informal and countable.
常見錯誤
3. a powerful altered state in which a person sees, hears, or senses things that ar
迷幻體驗
迷幻藥引起的幻覺經驗
a powerful altered state in which a person sees, hears, or senses things that are not actually there, brought on by taking illegal substances like LSD or psilocybin.
The musician composed the entire album while recovering from a bad trip that left him shaken for weeks.
這位音樂家在一次糟糕的迷幻體驗後創作了整張專輯，那次經歷讓他好幾個星期都心有餘悸。
bad trip (negative drug experience, idiom-like)
Trang told her friends that her first trip on peyote was a deeply spiritual experience under the desert night sky.
Trang 告訴朋友們，她第一次服用佩奧特仙人掌的迷幻體驗，在沙漠星空下是一場深層的心靈之旅。
first + trip + on + drug name
The novel describes an acid trip with such vivid detail that readers feel they are hallucinating alongside the narrator.
這本小說對迷幻藥體驗的描述極為生動，讀者彷彿跟敘述者一起產生幻覺。
The students watched a documentary about LSD trips and discussed the long-term effects on mental health.
學生們觀看了一部關於 LSD 迷幻體驗的紀錄片，並討論其對心理健康的長期影響。
- hallucination
clinical term — describes the symptom, not the recreational experience
文法句型
have a trip
on a trip
bad trip
用法筆記
Informal slang. The adjective 'bad' before 'trip' is very common and refers to a frightening or unpleasant drug experience. In formal or clinical writing, use 'hallucinatory episode' or 'psychedelic experience' instead.
4. an experience or a person that is strikingly strange, entertaining, unusual, or
奇特體驗
怪異又有趣的人或經驗
an experience or a person that is strikingly strange, entertaining, unusual, or mind-altering in a memorable way.
Watching that experimental art film was a real trip — the director used only abstract shapes and distorted sounds.
那部實驗藝術電影真是場奇特的體驗——導演只用了抽象圖形和扭曲的音效。
be + a + trip (strange experience)
Rachid said meeting his twin brother was a total trip — they had the same voice and gestures.
Rachid 說第一次見到失散多年的雙胞胎兄弟簡直不可思議，因為他們連聲音和手勢都一模一樣。
be + a + total trip (intensified)
Grandma is a trip when she starts telling stories about her younger days as a motorcycle courier in Tokyo.
奶奶開始講她年輕時在東京當摩托車快遞員的故事時，真是個有趣又古怪的人。
Walking through the night market in Taipei was a trip — every stall sold something I had never seen before.
逛台北夜市真是一場奇特的體驗——每個攤位都賣著我從未見過的東西。
- mind-bender
very informal, emphasises confusion or mental challenge
文法句型
be a trip
real trip
用法筆記
American informal slang. Used to express surprise or amusement at how unusual something or someone is. The phrase 'what a trip!' is a common exclamation. Do NOT use in formal writing.
常見錯誤
❌ 'The lecture was a trip.' (ambiguous) — means 'strange/bizarre', not 'interesting'. Use 'fascinating' or 'eye-opening' for positive formal contexts.
5. a stretch of time when someone is completely absorbed in a particular interest,
沉迷；狂熱
對某事物強烈投入的時期
a stretch of time when someone is completely absorbed in a particular interest, hobby, emotion, or way of thinking.
Sahil went through a serious sci-fi trip in university, reading every award-winning novel by Asimov and Le Guin.
Sahil 大學時期一度沉迷於科幻小說，讀遍了 Asimov 和 Le Guin 的所有獲獎作品。
go through + a + (adjective) + trip
Ezra's minimalist decluttering trip lasted for months — he painted all his walls white and gave away half his furniture.
Ezra 的極簡主義狂熱持續了幾個月，他把所有牆壁漆成白色，還送掉了一半的家具。
possessive + (adjective) + trip (period of obsession)
Wren has been on a health food trip lately, replacing every meal with green smoothies and quinoa salads.
Wren 最近迷上了健康飲食，每一餐都用綠色果昔和藜麥沙拉來取代。
Trang went on a cooking trip over the summer, learning to make pho, dumplings, and curry from scratch.
Trang 整個夏天都沉迷於烹飪，從零開始學做越南河粉、餃子和咖哩。
文法句型
be on a + (adjective) + trip
go on a + noun + trip
用法筆記
This sense is always followed by a descriptor that names the interest or feeling (e.g. 'a power trip', 'a guilt trip', 'an ego trip'). Without the descriptor, the meaning is unclear.