TRIP


Meaning of TRIP in English

I.

noun ⇨ See also ↑ journey

ADJECTIVE

▪ extended , long

▪ brief , little , quick , short

▪ day , overnight , weekend , week-long

We went on a day ~ to the beach.

▪ four-day , two-week , etc.

▪ frequent , occasional , rare , regular

He makes frequent ~s to Poland.

▪ annual , weekly , etc.

▪ forthcoming ( esp. BrE ), upcoming ( esp. AmE )

▪ fantastic , good , great , nice , pleasant

▪ safe

Well, have a safe ~ back!

▪ successful , worthwhile

The food alone made the ~ worthwhile.

▪ memorable

▪ dream

her dream ~ to New Zealand

▪ uneventful

The rest of our ~ was uneventful.

▪ special

Don't make a special ~ just to get my newspaper.

▪ free

The first prize is a free ~ to New York.

▪ return , round

From São Paulo to Rio and back is a round ~ of five hundred miles.

▪ foreign , overseas

▪ round-the-world , world (both esp. BrE )

▪ European , Korean , etc.

▪ away ( BrE , sports )

In their last two away ~s, Everton were defeated by Spurs.

▪ boat , bus , coach ( BrE ), train , etc.

▪ bicycle , bike ( informal ), cycle ( BrE )

▪ road

He set off on a road ~ from Rhode Island to California.

▪ business , camping , fishing , golf , hunting , pleasure , shopping , sightseeing , etc.

▪ school

a school ~ to Washington, DC

▪ field

a geography field ~ to study a limestone landscape

a field ~ to the Science Museum ( AmE )

▪ family

▪ study

VERB + TRIP

▪ be (away) on , do , go on , make , take

She's away on a business ~.

From here visitors can take a boat ~ along the coast.

▪ have

Did you have a good ~?

▪ come back from , return from

▪ be back from

He's just back from a ~ to Alaska.

▪ complete

They are hoping to complete the ~ in four days.

▪ arrange , organize , plan

▪ book

▪ cancel

▪ extend

▪ cut short

I had to cut short my ~ when my wallet was stolen.

▪ enjoy

Enjoy your ~!

▪ survive

PREPOSITION

▪ on ~

My wife is away on a business ~.

▪ ~ by

a five-minute ~ by taxi

▪ ~ to

a ~ to Tokyo

PHRASES

▪ a ~ abroad ( esp. BrE )

My last ~ abroad was two years ago.

▪ the ~ home

The ~ home took us five hours!

▪ the ~ of a lifetime

They saved for years for their ~ of a lifetime to Hawaii.

II.

verb

1 knock your foot on sth and fall

ADVERB

▪ accidentally

▪ almost , nearly

▪ over , up ( BrE )

One of the boys tripped over and crashed into a tree.

Be careful or you'll ~ up.

PREPOSITION

▪ on

She tripped on the loose stones.

▪ over

I nearly tripped over the cat.

PHRASES

▪ ~ and fall

Don't leave toys on stairs where someone could ~ and fall.

2 walk lightly

ADVERB

▪ lightly

▪ out

PREPOSITION

▪ along

She went tripping along the path.

▪ down

She came tripping lightly down the stairs.

▪ up

PHRASES

▪ come tripping

Trip is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ alarm

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .