trespass
verbVerb Forms
Phrasal Verbspresent simple I / you / we / they trespass | |
he / she / it trespasses | |
past simple trespassed | |
past participle trespassed | |
-ing form trespassing |
- [intransitive] trespass (on something)
to enter land or a building that you do not have permission or the right to enter 擅自进入,非法侵入(他人的土地或建筑物) He told me I was trespassing on private land. 他说我在擅闯私人土地。 The sign on the fence said ‘No trespassing’. 栅栏上的标志写着“禁止侵入”。
- [intransitive] (old use)
to do something wrong 做错事
Word OriginMiddle English (in sense (2)): from Old French trespasser ‘pass over, trespass’, trespas ‘passing across’, from medieval Latin transpassare (see trans- and the verb pass).