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2 (formal) a group of three
people or things HA'b
trin ket /'trirjkit/ noun a piece of jewellery
or small decorative object that is not worth much money ( \ft{S
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^tti, amm
trio /'triiau; NAmE 'triiou/ noun (pi. -os) 1 [C+sing./pl. v.] a group of three
people or things HAA^i.; H#—
H^
— —compare duo(1)
2
[C+sing./pl. v.] a group of three
musicians or singers who play or sing together H. Jr# A £9; HliS'n 3[C] a piece
of music for three musicians or singers HI# ( | ) ; £11 ( ® ) : a trio for piano, oboe and bassoon If H
Jr#
— compare duet trip 0-w /trip/ noun, verb
m noun 1
a journey to a place and back again, especially a short one for pleasure or a
particular purpose ( jthk MW', iUff: Did you have a good trip? if, M fr M f>J ^ ? 0 We went on a trip to the
mountains, ft f] M \U M. £;MW T * 0 a day trip
(=
lasting a day) — 0$? o a boat/coach
trip KA-ji&fr
0 a business/school/shopping
trip tbH; ^ <> They took a
trip down the
river.
Wwffa 0
We had to make several trips to bring all the equipment over. IT iJIT
—see
also ego trip, field trip, round trip 2 (slang) the experience that sb
has if they take a powerful drug that affects the mind and makes them imagine
things ( MZJB
an acid (= LSD) trip 3 an act of
falling or nearly falling
down, because you hit your foot against sth if; tf$\ IT»171 see guilt
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verb (-pp-) 1 [V, often +adv./prep.] ~ (over/up) | ~ (over/ on sth) to catch your foot on
sth and fall or almost fall if; ifm-- She tripped and fell. M if 7 - T& @1T,
<> Someone will trip over that cable.
Wo o Be careful you don’t trip up on
the step.
f£
a T 0 2 [VN] (BrE also trip sb up) to catch
sb’s foot and make them
fall or almost fall '■]%■■■ if #i];
As
I passed, he
stuck out a leg and tried to trip
synonyms m
$Lm»m
trip
journey ♦ tour ♦ expedition ♦ excursion ♦ outing * day out
These
are all words for an act of travelling to a place. IU
Mo
trip
an act of
travelling from one place to another, and usually back again Mffrfa&MMMft:
a business
trip lb :M o a five-minute trip by taxi I£ 5HI'W tblllAAIt journey an act of travelling from one
place to another, especially when they are a long way apart ff: a long and difficult journey
across the mountains
TRIP OR JOURNEY? trip
3 J1 journey ?
Trip,
not
journey, is the most basic word
in this group.
It is
more frequent than journey and used in a wider range of contexts. A trip
usually involves you going to a place and back again; a journey is usually
one-way. A trip is often shorter than a journey, although it does not have to
be. * trip AAililAiISftliWiiJ, journey J$J AJ§o trip ^ journey $}, IBA^rWtrip ills' Mfl, journey trip WfrilAS
journey M, /i-HA fruit: a trip to
short in time, even if it is long in distance. Journey is more often used
when the travelling takes a long time and is difficult. In North American
English journey is not used for short trips. ,
trip JjJfftMAIf/SA
TH journey„
journey AEBU Jefe ^ Sfctr: What is your journey to work like? (BrE) lAtJiW$fgfrAJ? tour a journey made for pleasure during which
several
me up. 3 [V +adv./
prep.] (literary) to walk, run or dance
with quick light steps ( ik$&,
Wiff )
: She
said goodbye
and tripped off along the
road.
4 [VN] to release a
switch, etc. or to operate sth by doing so M A ( JF A
J ; ( A ) JF
Hfj: to trip a switch jTJFTF A 0 Any intruders will trip
the alarm. & jif # U It % H „ 5
[V]
(informal) to be under the
influence of a drug that makes you hallucinate
( IE % /m fa )
ITiTOl see memory lane, tongue n. .trip ‘up |
.trip sb<->’up to make a mistake; to
deliberately make sb do this (jMM^. ) Read the questions
carefully, because the
examiners sometimes try to trip you up. ltA*#A#Bt$titf
tri partite /trai'paitait; NAmE -'pairt-/ adj. [usually
before noun] (formal) having three parts or involving three
people, groups, etc. A §P#-W; flHAW; A A#
frnW
tripe /traip/ noun [u] 1 the lining of a cow’s or pig’s stomach,
eaten as food ^ #] A Jtt ( ^ It ) ; W &t 2 (informal) something that sb
says or writes that you think is nonsense or not of good quality $
ift;
WA$ H771 GARBAGE, RUBBISH
'trip
hop noun [U] a type of
popular dance music, which is a mixture of hip
hop and reggae, has a slow
beat, and is intended to create a relaxed atmosphere MZ]M
ft ()
triph thong /'trifBnq; 'tripBuq; NAmE -80:13/ noun (phonetics ifj #) a
combination of three vowel sounds or vowel letters, for example the sounds
/aia/ in fire /faia(r)/ HA# — compare diphthong,
monophthong ►
triphthong-af /trif Bnrjgl; trip-; NAmE ’80:13 gl/ adj.
triple /'tripl/
adj., verb
• adj. [only before noun] 1
having three parts or involving three people or groups HtPAW; HAW; HIS.W: a triple heart bypass
operation AA 0 a triple
alliance H A M S! 0 They’re showing a triple bill of horror movies (= three horror movies
one after the
different places are visited iM:
a tour of
expedition an organized journey with a
particular purpose, especially to find out about a place that is not well known the first expedition
to the South Pole f
excursion a short trip made for pleasure,
especially one that has been organized for a group of people ft
We went on an
all-day
excursion to the island, ftif]fij.^ I; Aj$F® T '^A0 outing a short trip made for pleasure or
education, usually with a group of people and lasting no more than a day
The
children were on a day’s outing from school. f^ACi
day out a trip to somewhere for a day,
especially for pleasure ■ 0 $!': We had a day out at the beach.
ftmmmuT-^o
PATTERNS
AND COLLOCATIONS
■
to go on a(n) trip/journey/tour/expedition/excursion/
outing/day out
■
to set
out/off on a(n)
trip/journey/tour/expedition/ excursion
■
to make a(n)
trip/journey/tour/expedition/excursion
■
to be
away on a(n)
trip/journey/tour/expedition n the outward/return/homeward trip/journey
■
a(n) foreign/overseas/round-the-world trip/journey/ tour/expedition
■
a bus/coach
trip/journey/tour/excursion
a train/rail
trip/journey/tour/excursion