/trɪp ||; trɪp/verb (
tripping;tripped)
1 [I] trip (over/up);trip (over/on sth) to catch your foot on sth when you are walking and fall or nearly fall 绊倒: Don't leave your bag on the floor. Someone might trip over it. 别把你的袋子放在地板上，可能会绊倒别人。She tripped up on a loose paving stone. 她给松动的铺路石绊住，摔了一跤。
2 [T] trip sb (up) to catch sb's foot and make him/her fall or nearly fall 使绊倒或踉跄: Linda stuck out her foot and tripped Barry up. 林达伸出脚将巴里绊倒。
trip (sb) up to make a mistake; to make sb say sth that he/she did not want to say 犯错；诱使（某人）说出原来不想说的话:
The journalist asked a difficult question to try to trip the politician up. 记者问了一个刁钻的问题，想叫这位政界人士上当。