track
n
1 (usu pl 通常作復數) line or series of marks left by a moving vehicle, person, animal, etc (車輛、 人、 動物等行走時留下的)蹤跡, 足跡, 痕跡
`tyre tracks in the mud 泥地上的車胎印
We followed his tracks through the snow. 我們循著雪地上他留下的腳印走.
fresh `bear tracks 熊的新足跡.
2 course taken by sth/sb (whether it can be seen or not) 某事物的進程; 某事物[某人]的路徑或路線
the track of a storm, comet, satellite 風暴、 彗星、 衛星的路線
following in the track of earlier explorers 沿著先前探險者的路徑前進.
3 path or rough road, esp one made by vehicles, people oranimals 路, 小徑(尤指車輛、 人或動物造成的)
a muddytrack through the forest 穿過森林的泥濘小路
`sheep tracks across the moor 羊群踏出的穿越高沼地的小徑.4
(a) set of rails for trains (火車的)軌道
a single/doubletrack, ie one pair/two pairs of rails 單[雙]軌
The train left the track, ie was derailed. 火車出軌了.
(b) (US) railway platform (火車站的)站臺
The train for Chicago is on track 9. 開往芝加哥的列車停靠在第9站臺.5 prepared course or circuit for racing (比賽用的)跑道
a`cycling/`running/`greyhound/`motor-racing track 自行車賽[賽跑/賽狗/汽車賽]的跑道
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`trackracing 徑賽. =>Usage at path 用法見path.
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(a) sectionof a gramophone record 唱片的一段錄音
Her new album has two great tracks (eg songs) on it. 她的新唱片集里有兩段(如歌曲)特別棒.
(b) channel of a recordingtape (錄音磁帶上的)聲道
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a sixteen-tracktape recorder 十六聲道錄音機.
(c) (computing 計) section of a disk, etc in which information is stored (磁盤等的)道(儲存信息用的).
7 continuous belt round the wheels of a bulldozer, tank, etc, on which it moves (推土機、 坦克等的)履帶.
8 rail along which sth (eg a curtain or a cupboard door) is moved (物件, 如簾幕、 櫥門等的)滑道, 滑軌.
9 (idm 習語) cover one's tracks => cover1. from/on the wrong side of the tracks => wrong. hot on sb's tracks/trail => hot. in one's `tracks (infml 口) where one is; suddenly 就地; 當場; 突然
He fell dead in his tracks. 他當場死去.
Your question stopped him in his tracks, ie disconcerted him. 你提的問題讓他當場下不來臺. jump the rails/track => jump2. keep/lose track of sb/sth keep/fail to keep informed about sb/sth 與某人[某事]保持[失去]聯系
It's hard to keep track of (ie maintain contact with) all one's old school friends. 與中學時的所有老校友都保持聯系是很困難的.
lose track of time, ie forget what time it is 說不準現在的確切時間. make `tracks (for...) (infml 口) leave (for a place) 離去(向某地)
It's time we made tracks (for home). 我們該(家)走了. off the beaten track => beat1. on the right/wrong `track thinking or acting in a correct/incorrect way 想法或做法對[不對]
We haven't found the solution yet, but I'm sure we're on the right track. 我們還沒有找到解決辦法, 但我肯定我們的思路是對的. on sb's track pursuing sb 追蹤某人
The police are on the track of the gang. 警方正在追蹤那幫團伙. track, v
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~ sb/sth (to sth) follow the track of sb/sth 追蹤某人[某物]
track a satellite, missile, etc using radar 用雷達追蹤衛星、 導彈等
The police tracked the terrorists to their hide-out. 警方追蹤恐怖分子至其藏匿處.
track an animal to its lair 追蹤一動物至其窩穴.
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(cinema 影) (of a camera) move along while filming (指攝影機)移動攝影
a tracking shot 跟蹤攝影.
3 (phr v) track sb/sth down findsb/sth by searc...
*[tr?k]n. 軌跡, 足跡, 徑跡, 小道, 軌道, 磁軌, 途徑vt. 循路而行, 追蹤, 通過, 用纖拉vi. 追蹤, 留下足跡, 沿軌道運行【計】 跟蹤【化】 磁道【醫】 徑跡相關詞組: follow sb's track track about be on the track of sb clear the track lose track of keep track of off the beaten track off the track on the track on the wallaby track put sb on the track of on the right track on the wrong track track out