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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

trigger ['trɪgər]
  1. 1. noun [c] [of gun] 扳机
  2. 2. noun [of bomb] 导火索
  3. 3. noun (cause) 诱因
  4. 4. vt. [+alarm, bomb] 启动
  5. 5. vt. [+reaction, riot] (also: trigger off) 引发

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

trigger [ 'trɪgɚ] [ 'trɪgə]
  1. 1. noun 扳柄；闸柄；起动装置；起动线路；触发脉冲
  2. 2. noun [military] 起爆器；引爆器；扳机
  3. 3. noun 能引起反应的事或行为
  4. 4. noun [slang] 枪手（黑社会用语)
  5. 5. vt. 扣…的扳机；发射
  6. 6. vt. 引起；激发起；促使
    the fight that triggered the riot
    那次引起骚乱的打架
  7. 7. vt. [slang] 开始做某事；开始某事
  8. 8. vi. 松开扳柄

Collins English-English Dictionary

trigger ['trɪgə]
  1. 1. n a small projecting lever that activates the firing mechanism of a firearm
  2. 2. n [machinery] a device that releases a spring-loaded mechanism or a similar arrangement
  3. 3. n any event that sets a course of action in motion
  4. 4. vt. [tr] [usually foll by off] to give rise (to); set off
  5. 5. vt. to fire or set in motion by or as by pulling a trigger
  6. 6. vt. [Etymology] C17 tricker, from Dutch trekker, from trekken to pull; see trek
See more results for trigger in the Chinese-English Dictionary

Examples

a hair-trigger temper → hair trigger
触发热核聚变
trigger thermonuclear fusion → 触发
他打了一枪，没有发火。
He pulled the trigger but the gun didn't go off. → 发火
搂扳机
pull a trigger → 搂
警官扣动扳机，逃犯应声而倒。
The police officer pulled the trigger, and the fugitive fell at the bang. → 应声

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