track是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 the pair of long metal bars fixed on the ground at an equal distance from each other, along which trains travel -- （鐵路的）軌道

  • a ten-mile stretch of track 十英里長的鐵軌

  • Passengers are requested not to walk across the tracks. 乘客不得穿越鐵軌。

  • The house is at the end of a dirt/an unmade track. 房子在一條泥土路／尚未鋪好的小路的盡頭。

• 1 a type of path or road, often in the shape of a ring, that has been specially designed and built for sports events, especially racing -- 賽道；跑道

  • an all-weather track 全天候賽道

  • a dog/horse track 賽狗／馬的跑道

  • The runners are now on their final lap of the track. 賽跑選手正在跑最後一圈。

  • a track event 徑賽

  • Sam runs track on the high school team. 薩姆參加了高中徑賽隊。

• 2 a mark or line of marks left on the ground or on another surface by an animal, person, or vehicle that has moved over it, showing the direction they moved in -- 蹤跡；足跡；車轍

  • Police found tyre tracks in the mud. 警方在泥地裡發現了輪胎印。

  • The hunters followed the tracks of the deer for hours. 獵人循著鹿的腳印追了幾個小時。

  • The burglars were careful not to leave any tracks behind them. 盜賊小心翼翼地不留下任何蹤跡。

  • The police are on the track of the killer. 警方正在追蹤該殺人犯。

• 3 the direction that something has taken or will take through the air -- （在空中運行的）軌跡，路線

  • People living in the track of the hurricane have been advised to leave their homes until it has passed. 已經建議居住在颶風經過之處的人撤離住所，直到颶風過後再回去。

• 4 the direction in which someone's job or education develops -- （工作或受教育的）方向

  • She was a lawyer, but then she changed track completely and became a doctor. 她當過律師，但後來徹底轉行成了醫生。

  • I found it difficult to follow the track of his argument. 我覺得難以跟上他論證的思路。

  • I think we're getting off the track here - we're supposed to be discussing our advertising campaign. 我覺得我們離題了——我們應該討論的是廣告宣傳活動。

• 5 a group of school students with similar ability who are approximately the same age and are taught together -- （同齡學生依智力編排的）班，組

  • Students who do well in their 8th grade classes will qualify for the honors track in high school. 在八年級成績比較好的學生可以在高中加入榮譽學位班。

  • the top/bottom track 程度高／低的班

• 6 one of several songs or pieces of music on a CD or other musical recording -- （光碟、錄音磁帶等上的）一首歌，一支樂曲

  • The album includes four previously unreleased tracks. 這張專輯收錄了四首以前未曾面世的歌曲。

  • When a piece of music is recorded, each instrument is recorded separately on a 24 or 48–track tape. 錄製音樂時，每一種樂器分別被錄製在一張24或48聲道的磁帶上。

• 7 to follow a person or animal by looking for proof that they have been somewhere, or by using electronic equipment -- 跟蹤，追蹤

  • It's difficult to track an animal over stony ground. 很難在多石的地面上追蹤動物。

  • The military use radar satellites to track targets through clouds and at night. 軍隊用雷達衛星透過雲霧和夜幕追蹤目標。

  • The terrorists were tracked to (= found in) Amsterdam. 恐怖分子在阿姆斯特丹被追蹤到。

  • The study tracked the careers of 1,226 doctors who trained at the Medical School. 該研究對1226名醫學生的事業發展情況進行跟蹤調查。

• 8 If a film or video camera tracks in a particular direction, it moves along while it is filming. -- （攝影機）跟蹤拍攝，移動攝影

  • The movie ends with a long tracking shot around the deserted house. 影片的結尾場景是一個圍繞這幢廢棄房子拍攝的跟蹤長鏡頭。

  • Our VCR tracks automatically. 我們的錄像機能自動攝錄。

• 9 to follow the level of an interest rate, share price, etc. -- 跟隨（利率，股價等）

  • The mortgage deal will track the Bank of England base rate plus 0.75 percent. 這一按揭的利率將跟隨英格蘭銀行的利率並加0.75個百分點。

  • Tony is putting £500 a month into a a savings account that tracks the FTSE All-Share index. 托尼每個月把500英鎊存入一個利率跟隨金融時報指數變動的儲蓄帳號。

• 10 to group and teach together school students with similar abilities who are approximately the same age -- （同齡學生依智力編排的）班，組

  • We start to track the children in the third form. 我們從三年級開始把孩子們按能力分班。