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trigger /'trigə/

• danh từ
  • cò súng
    • to pull the trigger: bóp cò
  • nút bấm (máy ảnh...)
  • to be quick on the trigger
    • bóp cò nhanh
  • hành động nhanh; hiểu nhanh

• ngoại động từ
  • ((thường) + off) gây ra, gây nên

noun, verb
+ noun
1 the part of a gun that you press in order to fire it: to pull / squeeze the trigger + He kept his finger on the trigger.
2 ~ (for sth)
~ (to sth / to do sth) something that is the cause of a particular reaction or development, especially a bad one: The trigger for the strike was the closure of yet another factory. + Intense sunlight may be a trigger to skin cancer.
3 the part of a bomb that causes it to explode: nuclear triggers
+ verb [VN]
1 ~ sth (off) to make sth happen suddenly: Nuts can trigger off a violent allergic reaction.
2 to cause a device to start functioning: to trigger an alarm / a switch