[no obj., with adverbial of direction]walk or move wearily or reluctantly 疲惫地走;磨蹭 students had to traipse all over London to attend lectures. 学生们为了听讲座而不得不辛苦地跑遍伦敦城。 ■walk about casually or needlessly 闲荡,游荡 there's people traipsing in and out all the time. 有的人整天都在无所事事地逛进逛出。
noun
[in sing.]a tedious or tiring journey on foot 长途跋涉,令人疲惫的步行
(archaic)a slovenly woman (古)邋遢的女人
语源
late 16th cent. (as a verb): of unknown origin. The noun is first recorded in sense 2 in the late 17th cent