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单词 traipse
释义
traipsetraipse /treɪps/ verb [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINtraipse
Origin:
1500-1600 Perhaps from Old French trepasser; TRESPASS1
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
traipse
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theytraipse
he, she, ittraipses
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theytraipsed
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave traipsed
he, she, ithas traipsed
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad traipsed
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill traipse
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have traipsed
Continuous Form
PresentIam traipsing
he, she, itis traipsing
you, we, theyare traipsing
PastI, he, she, itwas traipsing
you, we, theywere traipsing
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been traipsing
he, she, ithas been traipsing
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been traipsing
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be traipsing
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been traipsing
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Traipsing round museums all day is not my idea of fun.
  • We traipsed around every store in town, trying to find the right color paint.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Although supermarkets are flashy and space-age, a future generation will eventually tire of traipsing round the endless aisles.
  • For those, you have to traipse off to the main offices.
  • He has been traipsing about, explaining to staff the joys of privatisation which await them.
  • I haven't the time to go traipsing around art galleries.
  • Theresa could traipse all over, searching out that elusive brother of hers.
  • We also have to traipse round the neighbourhood on All Hallows Eve, calling on neighbours, who give our children sweets.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorto walk slowly because you are tired
to walk slowly and with heavy steps, especially because you are tired, it is difficult to walk, or you do not want to go somewhere: trudge/plod through/back/along etc: · She trudged back up the hill, loaded down with heavy bags of groceries.· We trudged to school through the snow, wishing we could be playing in it.· The donkey was plodding slowly along under its heavy load.
to walk a long way, especially when you are looking for something or visiting different places, so that you become tired: traipse around/about/in and out etc: · We traipsed around every store in town, trying to find the right color paint.· Traipsing round museums all day is not my idea of fun.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
· I haven't the time to go traipsing around art galleries.
informal to walk somewhere in a slow or unwilling way because you are tired or bored SYN  trailtraipse around/through/across etc I’ve been traipsing around the shops all morning.
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