Trail
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vt. 跟蹤，追蹤;拖曳：讓…拖或飄揚在后面;拖沓而行;跟在…后面;
vi. （在比賽等中）輸;（尤指跟在他人后面）疲憊地走;（在比賽或其他競賽中）落后;蔓生;
n. 足跡;臭跡;小徑;一縷;
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trail(draw)→拖；拉；追蹤；尾隨；蹤跡；小徑
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Setting foot on the island, he began to ascend the trail.
他踏上荒島，開始順著小徑往上攀登。
The boy trailed a toy horse after him.
男孩將一匹玩具馬拖在身后。
The young girl's hair trailed over her shoulder.
年輕姑娘的長發披肩。
Following the trail with the sureness of a bloodhound, came the general.
就象尾隨追蹤的兇猛獵狗那么準確，將軍跟了上來。
Police closely follow the trail of the whereabouts of shaking.
警察緊緊追蹤綁架者的行蹤。
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【記】※ t-拼音“踏”,rail-鐵軌:踏著鐵軌,留下一串串的足跡
※ t-拼音“特”,rail-鐵軌、軌道:特務從軌道上下來,在小徑上留下足跡
※ tail-尾巴,r-拼音“人”:跟蹤的人被稱為尾巴(那個人屁股上拖著一條尾巴)
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trail
n
1 mark or sign in the form of a long line left by sth or sb passing by 痕跡; 足跡; 蹤跡
vapour trails, eg those left in the sky by high-flying aircraft 蒸汽尾跡（如飛機在高空飛行留下的）
The hurricane left a trail of destruction behind it. 颶風過後滿目瘡痍.
tourists who leave a trail of litter everywhere they go 一路走一路亂扔垃圾的游客.
2 path, esp through roughcountry 小路（尤指穿過不平坦的郊野的）
a trail throughthe forest 穿過森林的小路
a `nature trail 穿過郊野的小路.
3 track or scent followed in hunting （打獵或追蹤時搜尋的）痕跡, 臭跡
The police are on the escaped convict's trail, ie are pursuing him. 警方正在追捕逃犯.
4 (idm 習語) blaze a trail => blaze3. hit the trail => hit1. hot on sb's tracks/trail; hot on the trail => hot. trail, v
1 [I, Ipr, Ip, Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p]
(cause sth to) be dragged behind （使某物）被拖在後面
Her long skirt was trailing along/on the floor. 她的長裙拖在地板上.
a bird trailing a broken wing 耷拉著一個斷翅的鳥
I trailed my hand in the water as the boat drifted along. 小船漂流向前, 我把手伸進水里讓它拖著走. =>Usage at pull2 用法見pull2.
2 [Ipr, Ip] ~ along behind (sb/sth), etc walk or move wearily, esp behind or later than others 疲憊地走或磨蹭（尤指跟在或落在後面）
The tired children trailed along behind their parents. 孩子們累了, 沒精打采地跟在父母後面.
The horse I had backed trailed in last. 我下賭注的那匹馬落在後面, 跑了個倒數第一.
(fig 比喻) This country is still trailing far behind (others) in computer research. 這個國家的計算機研究工作遠遠落後（他國）.
3 [I, Ipr] ~ (by/in sth) (usu in the continuous tenses 通常用於進行時態) be losing a game or some other contest （在比賽、 競賽等中）輸, 失敗, 失利
trailing by two goals to one at half-time 上半場以二比一落後
The party is trailing badly in the opinion polls. 該黨在民意測驗中大大失利.
4 [Ipr] (of plants) grow randomly over a surface, downwards or along the ground with long winding stems （指植物）蔓生, 蔓延
roses trailing over the walls 蔓生在墻上的薔薇.
5 [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sb/sth (to sth) follow the trail of sb/sth; track sb/sth 追蹤或尾隨某人[某事物]
trail a criminal, a wild animal 追蹤罪犯、 野獸.
6 (phr v) trail away/off (of sb's speech) gradually become quieter and then stop, esp because of shyness, confusion, etc （指某人說話）聲音逐漸減弱到不出聲（尤指因害羞、 慌亂等所致）.
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十條(t)鐵路(rail)留下 痕跡
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*[treil]n. 蹤跡, 痕跡, 一串, 尾部, 小徑, 持槍姿勢vt. 拖, 尾隨, 追蹤, 落后于, 開出路vi. 拖曳, 垂下, 落后, 飄出, 蔓生相關詞組: trail along after sb be hot on sb's trail blaze a trail in trail march in trail off the trail
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It's nothing serious. I think you've been very fortunate. Have you ever used the hot-cloth-and-frozen-peas treatment?
不要緊。我認為你非常幸運了。你用過熱布---凍豌豆療法嗎？
Both Maori and Pacifice Islanders are encouraged to use their own languages.
政府鼓勵毛利人與太平洋島民使用他們自己的語言。
I watched Hope secretly for a week, and I even paid a visit to her at work.
我秘密觀察了霍普一個星期，甚至還在她工作時拜訪了她。