释义 |
re-ˈtrace, v.2|riː-| [re- 5 a.] trans. To trace, or go over, again with some marking instrument. Also fig.
1760–72H. Brooke Fool of Qual. (1809) III. 32 That eternal law..was written and again retraced in the bosom of the first man. 1772–84Cook's Voy. (1790) I. 249 An Indian..drew the figure upon my skin; he then retraced it, by pricking the lines with needles. 1868Browning Ring & Bk. iii. 752 This letter traced in pencil-characters Guido as easily got re-traced in ink By his wife's pen. |