traipse
verb /treɪps/
/treɪps/
[intransitive] (informal)动词形式
present simple I / you / we / they traipse | /treɪps/ /treɪps/ |
he / she / it traipses | /ˈtreɪpsɪz/ /ˈtreɪpsɪz/ |
past simple traipsed | /treɪpst/ /treɪpst/ |
past participle traipsed | /treɪpst/ /treɪpst/ |
-ing form traipsing | /ˈtreɪpsɪŋ/ /ˈtreɪpsɪŋ/ |
- + adv./prep. to walk somewhere slowly when you are tired and unwilling
疲惫地走;拖沓地行走;磨蹭 - We spent the afternoon traipsing around the town.
我们拖着疲惫的身子在城里转了一下午。 - I’m not traipsing all that way just to see your sister.
我不是为了见你妹妹才大老远跑来的。
词源late 16th cent. (as a verb): of unknown origin. - We spent the afternoon traipsing around the town.