trail是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 a path through a countryside, mountain, or forest area, often made or used for a particular purpose -- 鄉間（山間或林間等）小道

  • a forest/mountain trail 林間／山間小道

  • a walking/snowshoeing/cross-country skiing trail 步行／雪鞋／越野滑雪道

• 1 the smell or series of marks left by a person, animal, or thing as it moves along -- 臭跡；蹤跡；痕跡

  • The dogs are trained to follow the trail left by the fox. 這些狗經過特別訓練，能夠追蹤狐狸留下的氣味。

  • He left a trail of muddy footprints behind him. 他身後留下了一串泥濘的腳印。

  • The police admit that the robbers have left no trail for them to follow up. 警方承認小偷沒有留下可供他們追蹤的線索。

  • The three men went to the Bahamas, on the trail of a sunken 17th-century galleon full of treasure. 這三個人去了巴哈馬，為的是尋找一艘滿載金銀財寶的17世紀西班牙沉船。

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

  • Katherine, your skirt's trailing in the mud! 凱瑟琳，你的裙子拖在泥裡了！

  • As the boat moved along, he trailed his hand in the water. 他把手放在水裡，手隨船破水而行。

  • The delegates trailed back into the conference room for the afternoon session. 代表們沒精打埰地回到會議室，準備開下午的會。

  • After a mile or two the youngest children were trailing behind. 走了一兩英里後，年齡最小的孩子們無精打埰地跟在後面。

• 3 to be losing to your competitor in a competition -- （比賽中）落後，失敗

  • The Canadian team is trailing by six points. 加拿大隊落後了六分。

  • The Democrats are trailing (behind) the Republicans in the opinion polls. 在民意調查中，民主黨落後於共和黨。

• 4 to follow the trail of someone or something -- 追蹤