traipse
verb/treɪps/
/treɪps/
[intransitive] (informal)Verb Forms
| 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.
我长途跋涉并不是为了见你姐姐。
Word Originlate 16th cent. (as a verb): of unknown origin. - We spent the afternoon traipsing around the town.