trigger的现在分词是：triggering。trigger的意思是v.使发生；触发；使运行；n.扳机；起因。trigger【近义词】start开始。
一、详尽释义点此查看trigger的详细内容
二、双解释义
三、词典解释
1.(的)扳机
Thetrigger of a gun is a small lever which you pull to fire it.
e.g. A man pointed a gun at them and pulled thetrigger.
一名男子拿指着他们，接着扣动了扳机。
2.(的)引爆器
Thetrigger of a bomb is the device which causes it to explode.
trigger的意思
e.g. ...trigger devices for nuclear weapons.
核武器的引爆器
3.引爆;启动;触发
Totrigger a bomb or system means to cause it to work.
e.g. The thieves must have deliberately triggered the alarm and hidden inside the house...
盗贼肯定是故意触发了报警器，然后躲在房子里。
e.g. The one thousand pound bomb was triggered by a wire.
那颗重达 1,000 磅的是由一根导线引爆的。
4.引起;发动;促使
If somethingtriggers an event or situation, it causes it to begin to happen or exist.
e.g. ...the incident which triggered the outbreak of the First World War...
导致第一次世界大战爆发的事件
e.g. The current recession wastriggered by a slump in consumer spending…
目前的经济衰退是由消费支出骤跌引起的。
5.诱因;起因;引发…的原因
If something acts as atrigger for another thing such as an illness, event, or situation, the first thing causes the second thing to begin to happen or exist.
e.g. Stress may act as atrigger for these illnesses.
压力可能会成为引发这些疾病的原因。
四、例句
Price increases will trigger off demands for wage increases.
价格上涨会激发人们增长工资的要求。
The odour of food may trigger people's appetite.
食物的香味能引起人的食欲。
A detonator is used to trigger an explosive device.
雷管用来引爆爆炸装置。
I pulled the trigger and the gun went off.
我一扣扳机，就响了。
It was the trigger for a whole new investigation.
这是新一轮调查的直接起因。
五、词汇搭配
六、经典引文
Randall..squeezed the trigger, aimed and fired.
出自：C. S. ForesterThere must therefore be some trigger which initiates..production.
出自：T. Hooper七、词语用法
trigger的相关近义词
start、activate、set off、spark、fire、begin、kindle、cause、generate、prompt、elicit、produce、initiate、actuate、launch、off、touch off、touch、trigger off、induction、trip、spark off、initiation
trigger的相关临近词
trill、trig、triggers、triggered、triggering、triggerman、trigger bar、trigger man、trigger way、trigger bit、trigger cam、trigger bus