trigger

• vt. 引發，引起；觸發
• vi. 鬆開扳柄
• n. 扳機；[電子] 觸發器；製滑機
• n. (Trigger)人名；(英)特裏傑

改寫或回構自早期拚寫形式 tricker,來自荷蘭語 trekker,扳機，來自 trekken,拉，拔，最終來自 PIE*dhragh,拉，詞源同 drag,trek.引申詞義起因，誘因等。

trigger (n.)

"device by means of which a catch or spring is released and a mechanism set in action," 1650s, earlier tricker (1620s), from Dutch trekker "trigger," from trekken "to pull" (see trek). Tricker was the usual form in English until c. 1750. Trigger-happy is attested from 1942.

trigger (v.)

1930, from trigger (n.). Related: Triggered; triggering.

1. Stress may act as a trigger for these illnesses.

壓力可能會成為引發這些疾病的原因。

來自柯林斯例句

2. A man pointed a gun at them and pulled the trigger.

一名男子拿槍指著他們，接著扣動了扳機。

來自柯林斯例句

3. They were gunned down by members of the trigger-happy National Guard.

他們被那些肆意開槍的國民衛隊士兵槍殺了。

來自柯林斯例句

4. Unresolved or unacknowledged fears can trigger sleepwalking.

殘留在心裏的或不為人知的恐懼都可能引發夢遊。

來自柯林斯例句

5. A wide range of emotionally stressful events may trigger a relapse.

多種令人情緒緊張的事情都可能引起舊病複發.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》