tripping 音标拼音: [tr'ɪpɪŋ]
a . 绊倒的,轻快的
绊倒的,轻快的
tripping adj 1 :
characterized by a buoyant rhythm ; "
an easy lilting stride "; "
the flute broke into a light lilting air "; "
a swinging pace "; "
a graceful swingy walk "; "
a tripping singing measure " [
synonym : {
lilting }, {
swinging }, {
swingy },
{
tripping }]
2 :
moving easily and quickly ;
nimble ; "
the dancer was light and graceful "; "
a lightsome buoyant step "; "
walked with a light tripping step " [
synonym : {
light }, {
lightsome }, {
tripping }]
Trip \
Trip \ (
tr [
i ^]
p ),
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Tripped } (
tr [
i ^]
pt );
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Tripping }.] [
OE .
trippen ;
akin to D .
trippen ,
Dan .
trippe ,
and E .
tramp .
See {
Tramp }.]
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1 .
To move with light ,
quick steps ;
to walk or move lightly ;
to skip ;
to move the feet nimbly ; --
sometimes followed by it .
See {
It },
5 .
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This horse anon began to trip and dance . --
Chaucer .
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Come ,
and trip it ,
as you go ,
On the light fantastic toe . --
Milton .
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She bounded by ,
and tripped so light They had not time to take a steady sight . --
Dryden .
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2 .
To make a brief journey or pleasure excursion ;
as ,
to trip to Europe .
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3 .
To take a quick step ,
as when in danger of losing one '
s balance ;
hence ,
to make a false step ;
to catch the foot ;
to lose footing ;
to stumble .
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4 .
Fig .:
To be guilty of a misstep ;
to commit an offense against morality ,
propriety ,
or rule ;
to err ;
to mistake ;
to fail . "
Till his tongue trip ." --
Locke .
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A blind will thereupon comes to be led by a blind understanding ;
there is no remedy ,
but it must trip and stumble . --
South .
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Virgil is so exact in every word that none can be changed but for a worse ;
he pretends sometimes to trip ,
but it is to make you think him in danger when most secure . --
Dryden .
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What ?
dost thou verily trip upon a word ? --
R .
Browning .
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Tripping \
Trip "
ping \,
a .
1 .
Quick ;
nimble ;
stepping lightly and quickly .
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2 . (
Her .)
Having the right forefoot lifted ,
the others remaining on the ground ,
as if he were trotting ;
trippant ;
--
said of an animal ,
as a hart ,
buck ,
and the like ,
used as a bearing .
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Tripping \
Trip "
ping \,
n .
1 .
Act of one who ,
or that which ,
trips .
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2 .
A light dance .
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Other trippings to be trod of lighter toes .
--
Milton .
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3 . (
Naut .)
The loosing of an anchor from the ground by means of its cable or buoy rope .
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{
Tripping line } (
Naut .),
a small rope attached to the topgallant or royal yard ,
used to trip the yard ,
and in lowering it to the deck ;
also ,
a line used in letting go the anchor . --
Luce .
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26 Moby Thesaurus words for "
tripping ":
balanced ,
concinnate ,
concinnous ,
delirium tremens ,
dream ,
easy ,
elegant ,
euphonic ,
euphonical ,
euphonious ,
facile ,
flowing ,
fluent ,
graceful ,
hallucination ,
hallucinosis ,
harmonious ,
measured ,
mind -
expansion ,
ordered ,
orderly ,
pleasing ,
smooth ,
smooth -
sounding ,
sweet ,
symmetrical
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