1 a series of marks in a long line that is left by sb/sth as he/she/it moves 痕迹;踪迹;足迹:
a trail of blood/footprints一行血迹╱脚印
2 a track, sign or smell that is left behind and that you follow when you are hunting sb/sth 踪迹;迹象;臭迹:
The dogs ran off on the trail of the fox.那些狗顺着狐狸的臭迹跑去追踪。
3 a path through the country (郊野的)小径
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trail²
/treɪl ||; trel/verb
1 [I,T] to pull or be pulled along behind sb/sth 拖;拖曳;被拖在后面:
The skirt was too long and trailed along the ground.裙子太长,走路时拖在地上。
2 [I] to move or walk slowly behind sb/sth else, usually because you are tired or bored 慢慢地跟在后面(通常因为疲乏或感到乏味):
It was impossible to do any shopping with the kids trailing around after me.孩子们慢吞吞地跟在后面,我买不成任何东西。
3 [I,T] trail (by/in sth) (usually used in the continuous tenses 通常用于进行时) to be in the process of losing a game or a competition (比分)落后:
At half-time Liverpool were trailing by two goals to three.打完半场,利物浦队以二比三落后。
4 [I] (used about plants or sth long and thin) to grow over sth and hang downwards; to lie across a surface (指植物或细长的东西)蔓生,延伸:
Computer wires trailed across the floor.计算机的缆线拖放在地板上。
trail away/off (used about sb's voice) to gradually become quieter and then stop (指说话声音)逐渐消失
trail1/trel; treIl/n [C] 1 a rough path across countryside or through a forest 乡间小道﹔林间小径: a woodland trail 林地小径2 a series of marks or signs that are left behind by someone or something as they move 足迹﹔踪迹﹔痕迹: +of a trail of blood 一串血迹3 be on sb/sth's trail to be trying to find someone or something by getting information about them 追踪某人/某物
trail2v 1 [I,T] to pull something behind you as you move along, or to be pulled in this way 拖﹐拉﹔拖在后面: Her long dress trailed on the ground behind her. 她长长的连衣裙拖在身后的地上。2 [I] to walk slowly, usually behind someone, because you are tired or bored〔因疲倦或厌烦而〕慢吞吞地走(在后面): +behind/around Sue trailed along behind her parents. 苏慢吞吞地跟在父母身后。3 [I,T] to be losing a game, competition, or election〔在比赛﹑竞赛或选举中〕落后: The Cowboys were trailing in the third quarter. 牛仔队在第三节中处于落后地位。 4 [I] to hang down or lie across something 垂挂﹔横卧: a trailing plant 蔓生植物+across/along/down Wires trailed across the floor. 地板上电线横七竖八。 5 [T] to follow someone to see where they go 跟踪﹐追踪trail away/off phr v if someone's voice trails away or off, it gradually becomes quieter and then stops〔声音〕减弱﹐变小〔直至听不到〕
trailtrailtrailstrailedtrailing2verb (trails, trailing, trailed)to pull something along behind you; to be pulled along behind somebody or something: Her skirt was too long and it trailed along the ground.trailtrailtrails1noun1a line of marks that show which way a person or thing has gone: There was a trail of blood across the floor.2a path in the country: We followed the trail through the forest.