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单词 trail
释义 trail
[treɪl] noun
 IMPROVER  countable
■a path through the countryside, often made or used for a particular purpose 乡间小道(常用于某一特定用途)
a forest/mountain trail林间/山间小道
 ADVANCED  countable
■the smell or series of marks left by a person, animal or thing as it moves along 臭迹;踪迹;痕迹
The dogs are specially trained to follow the trail left by the fox.这些狗经过特别训练,能够追踪狐狸留下的气味。
He left a trail of muddy footprints behind him.他身后留下了一串泥泞的脚印。
only singular
■various pieces of information which together show where someone you are searching for has gone 蛛丝马迹,线索
The police admit that the thieves have left no trail for them to follow up.警方承认小偷没有留下可供他们追踪的线索。
be on the trail of sb/sth
■to be searching for someone or something by examining information you find about where they went (循线索)追踪
The three men went to the Bahamas, on the trail of a sunken 17th-century galleon full of treasure.这三个人去了巴哈马,为的是寻找一艘满载金银财宝的17世纪西班牙沉船。
[treɪl] verb
MOVE SLOWLY 缓慢地移动
 ADVANCED  intransitive or transitive [usually + adv/prep]
■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!凯瑟琳,你的裙子拖在泥里了!
As the boat moved along, he trailed his hand in the water.他把手放在水里,手随船破水而行。
intransitive usually + adverb or preposition
■to move slowly and without energy or enthusiasm 行动拖沓;疲惫地走;没精打采地行走
The delegates trailed back into the conference room for the afternoon session.代表们没精打采地回到会议室,准备开下午的会。
After a mile or two the youngest children were trailing behind.走了一两英里后,年龄最小的孩子们无精打采地跟在后面。
[treɪl] verb
IN A COMPETITION/GAME 比赛中
be trailing
■to be losing to your competitor in a competition (比赛中)落后,失败
The Swiss team are trailing by 6 points.瑞士队落后了六分。
The Nationalist Party is trailing (behind) the Liberals in the opinion polls.在民意调查中,国民党落后于自由党。
[treɪl] verb
FOLLOW 跟随
transitive
■to follow the trail of someone or something 追踪
[treɪl] verb
  Phrasal Verbs   trail away/off
■When a person's voice or a similar sound trails away/off, it becomes quieter and less confident and then stops completely (说话声或类似声响)逐渐减弱到停止,逐渐消失
His voice trailed off as he saw the look on her face.当他看到她脸上的表情时,他的说话声越来越小,最后听不见了。
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