trail Význam & definícia

Význam trail v slovenčine

• 0 a path through a countryside, mountain, or forest area, often made or used for a particular purpose:

  • a forest/mountain trail

  • a walking/snowshoeing/cross-country skiing trail

• 1 the smell or series of marks left by a person, animal, or thing as it moves along:

  • The dogs are trained to follow the trail left by the fox.

  • He left a trail of muddy footprints behind him.

  • The police admit that the robbers have left no trail for them to follow up.

  • The three men went to the Bahamas, on the trail of a sunken 17th-century galleon full of treasure.

• 2 to (allow something to) move slowly along the ground or through the air or water, after someone or something:

  • Katherine, your skirt's trailing in the mud!

  • As the boat moved along, he trailed his hand in the water.

  • The delegates trailed back into the conference room for the afternoon session.

  • After a mile or two the youngest children were trailing behind.

• 3 to be losing to your competitor in a competition:

  • The Canadian team is trailing by six points.

  • The Democrats are trailing (behind) the Republicans in the opinion polls.

• 4 to follow the trail of someone or something

• 5 a path through the countryside, often made or used for a particular purpose:

  • a bike/mountain/nature trail

  • fig. Presidential candidates were on the campaign trail in Mississippi yesterday.

  • The kids left a trail of muddy footprints across the kitchen floor.

• 6 to follow or come behind:

  • [ T ] Ray trailed Kate up to the porch.

  • [ I always + adv/prep ] A string of police cars led the president’s limousine and others trailed behind.

  • [ I ] Dallas trailed 34-21 with less than seven minutes to play in the football game.

  • [ T ] Bush trailed the governor by only 4 percentage points.

  • [ I ] Though trailing in the polls, she predicted victory.

• 7 to be less successful than competitors or than expected:

  • This company's shares have left most rivals trailing.

  • Precious-metal stocks trailed, at 124.35.

  • trail behind sth Prices of mortgage-backed securities trailed behind the gains of the Treasury.

  • Internet access in the U.S. trails Japan when it comes to speed.

• 8 to advertise something before it is available to buy, see, use, etc:

  • The heavily trailed announcements on ISA changes were widely welcomed.

  • The home secretary trailed his new law in an article in a newspaper yesterday.

• 9 to happen after or follow something:

  • trail behind sth The service, free at the point of use, perpetually trails behind demand.

  • History suggests that consumer spending declines usually trail consumer confidence declines by about 3 months.

• 10 a series of activities that someone does in order to achieve something:

  • acquisition/campaign/comeback trail The bank's acquisition trail across the globe might slow a little although it continues to look at potential opportunities.

• 11 to be trying to find, get, or achieve something:

  • He tells candidates to raise money early, before they hit the trail for speeches and handshakes.

• 12 to be the first to do something new:

  • Netscape and Hotmail were both swallowed up after blazing the trail for larger, less agile competitors.

  • I'm not blazing a trail for women, I'm doing this for myself.

• 13 very close to finding or achieving something:

  • NPR's reporter is hot on the trail of the story.

• 14 to leave a series or number of things behind you:

  • His company went into liquidation leaving a trail of debts.

  • Over the past 12 months, the company has underperformed the index by over 20%, leaving a trail of disappointed investors.