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
☞picture on page C8 见C8页插图
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