詞語：trail
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簡明英漢詞典
trail
[treil]
n.
蹤跡, 痕跡, 形跡
vt.
跟蹤, 追蹤, 拉, 拖, 拖拉, (指植物)蔓生, 蔓延, (指人)沒精打采地走
美國傳統詞典[雙解]
trail
trail
AHD:[tr3l]
D.J.[treil]
K.K.[trel]
v.（動詞）
trailed， trail.ing， trails
v.tr.（及物動詞）
(1)To allow to drag or stream behind, as along the ground:
拖曳：讓…拖或飄揚在後面，如沿著地面：
The dog ran off, trailing its leash.
狗拖著狗鏈跑開了
(2)To drag (the body, for example) wearily or heavily.
拖沓而行：疲憊地或沉重地拖動（如身體）
(3)To follow the traces or scent of, as in hunting; track.
跟蹤：追隨…的足跡或氣味，如在狩獵中；追蹤
(4)To follow the course taken by; pursue:
追隨：跟著…走的路，跟蹤：
trail a fugitive.
追蹤一在逃犯
(5)To follow behind:
跟在…後面：
several cruisers trailed by an escorting destroyer.
由一艘驅逐艦在後護航的幾艘巡洋艦
(6)To lag behind (an opponent):
落後：落在（對手的）後面：
trailed the league leader by four games.
落後於聯賽領先的隊四局
v.intr.（不及物動詞）
(1)To drag or be dragged along, brushing the ground:
拖曳：擦著地面拖或被帶著拖：
The queen's long robe trailed behind.
女王的長袍拖在後面
(2)To extend, grow, or droop loosely over a surface:
蔓延：在一平面上無約束地伸展、生長或低垂：
vines trailing through the garden.
蔓生在整個花園之中的葡萄籐
(3)To drift in a thin stream:
飄出，流出：以一細小的流飄動：
smoke trailing from a dying fire.
從熄滅的火堆上飄出的煙
(4)To become gradually fainter; dwindle:
減弱：逐漸變微弱；減小：
His voice trailed off in confusion.
困惑中他的聲音逐漸變小
(5)To walk or proceed with dragging steps; trudge.
拖杳行走：用拖曳的步子走或前進；步覆艱難地走
(6)To be behind in competition; lag:
落後：在比賽中落後；落後：
trailing by two goals in the second period.
下半場落後兩球
n.（名詞）
(1)Something that hangs loose and long:
拖拽之物：長而鬆鬆掛著的某物：
Trails of ticker tape floated down from office windows.
懸掛飄揚在辦公室窗口的彩色紙帶
(2)Something that is drawn along or follows behind; a train:
一連串：沿著…拉或跟在後面的某物；一列：
the senator, followed by a trail of reporters.
被一長串記者尾隨的參議員
(3)A succession of things that come afterward or are left behind:
尾隨之物：隨後而來或被留在後面的連續的事物：
left a trail of broken promises.
留下一串無用的諾言
(4)A mark or trace left by something that has moved or been dragged by.See Synonyms at trace 1
痕跡：移動或被拖曳通過的某事物留下的一記號或痕跡參見 trace1
(5)A succession of such marks indicating a course taken; a track:
行蹤，形跡：表明道路的一系列這樣的記號；足跡：
the trail of a hunted animal.
被追捕獵物的足跡
(6)A marked or beaten path, as through woods or wilderness.
小徑：標有記號或踩出的一條道路，如穿越森林或荒野的
(7)An overland route:
一橫越陸地的路線：
the pioneers' trail across the prairies.
拓荒者們穿越草原的路線
(8)The part of a gun carriage that rests or slides on the ground.
底板：靠在地面或沿地面滑動的大炮輪架部分
(9)The act of trailing.
拖拽：拖拽的行為
語源
(1)Middle English trailen
中古英語 trailen
(2)probably from Old French trailler [to hunt without a foreknown course]
可能源自 古法語 trailler [事先不知道道路去捕獵]
(3)from Vulgar Latin *tr33re} [to make a deer double back and forth]
源自 俗拉丁語 *tr33re} [使鹿前後來回跑]
(4)perhaps alteration influenced by Latin tr3a [dragnet]
可能為 受 拉丁語 tr3響 [拖網]
(5)of Latin trahere [to pull, draw]
拉丁語 trahere的變化 [拉，拽]
現代英漢詞典
trail
[treIl]
n.
(1)足跡；蹤跡；腳印
The wounded animal left a trail of blood behind it.
受傷的動物在身後留下一道血跡。
(2)小徑，小路
(3)餘波；余縷
習慣用語
blaze a trail
開路先鋒；帶頭 (= blaze the trail)
詞性變化
trail
vt., vi.
(1)拖，拉，曳
(2)拖在後面
(3)跟蹤；尾隨；追蹤
(4)（常與behind連用）無精打采地走；拖沓行走
(5)（常與away, off連用）（聲音）逐漸減弱，逐漸消失
(6)蔓生；爬滿地上
現代英漢綜合大辭典
trail
[treil]
n.
(1)痕跡, 足跡; 踏成的路, 小徑
(2)流星的尾; (飛機在空中的)霧化尾跡; 餘波, 余線
(3)一串, 一系列
(4)拖曳物; 尾部; 裙裾; 拖裾; 蔓; (炮架的)架尾; 車尾
(5)線索, 形跡; 獵狗的嗅跡
(6)[美俚]邋遢人(尤指邋遢的女人)
(7)【軍】持槍姿勢
blazed trail
走慣了的道路
The carriage left a trail of dust.
馬車後揚起了一縷煙塵。
詞性變化
trail
[treil]
vt.
(1)拖, 曳; 拖帶
(2)跟蹤; 追獵
(3)[美俚]落後於
(4)拉長音講話
(5)踏出路來, 開闢道路, 標出(路)
(6)【軍】持(槍)
trail one's classmates
落後於班上同學
The dog trailed him constantly.
這條狗總跟在他的後面。
trail
[treil]
vi.
(1)追隨, 尾隨
(2)拖曳[著]; 垂下
(3)拖著腳走(along), 慢行; (比賽等)落後
(4)(隊伍) 四散; (道路)伸展; 飄出; 流出
(5)(議論)離題
(6)【植】蔓延; 爬在樹上; (蛇)慢慢爬行
(7)(獵犬等)追蹤獵物
(8)減弱, 變小(off, away)
Her skirt trails on the floor.
她的裙子拖在地(板)上。
The distant cry trailed off.
遠處傳來的喊聲逐漸地消失了。
繼承用法
trail-behind
adj.
牽引式的
trailbuilder
n.
拖掛式築路機械
trail-car
n.
拖車, 掛車
trailgate
n.
拖在船模後的尾流柵
trail-net
n.
拖網
trailsman
n.
跟蹤者
習慣用語
at the trail
【軍】提槍; 取提槍姿勢
be hot on sb.'s trail
緊追某人
blaze a [the] trail
(在森林中)在樹上刻出指路的標誌; 開闢道路
follow the trail
跟著嗅跡, 追蹤
foul the trail
攪亂蹤跡, 使迷惑
hit the trail
出發, 立即走開
in trail
成一列縱隊地
off the trail
失去嗅跡[線索]; 迷失; [喻]出軌; 離題
on the trail
尋找, 找到嗅跡[線索]
on the trail of
跟蹤追趕
throw sb. off the trail
甩掉尾巴
trail after
追隨
trail off
變弱; 逐漸消失
特殊用法
aerodynamic trail
氣動力尾跡
audit trail
查帳索引
condensation trail
凝結尾跡
dissipation trail
耗散尾跡
exhaust trail
排氣尾跡
fire trail
救火道
meteor trail
流星尾跡
rural trail
野外實習; 野外採集標本
sand trail
落砂試驗
skid trail
集材道
skidding trail
集材道路
vapo(u)r trail
水氣尾跡; 霧化尾跡
vortex trail
渦跡; 漩渦尾跡
worm trail
蟲跡
trail of the fault
斷層跡
用法詞典
trail
中古英語trailen