英语词汇“trace”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

trace²

(trās)

1. One of two side straps or chains connecting a harnessed draft animal to a vehicle or whiffletree.

2. A bar or rod, hinged at either end to another part, that transfers movement from one part of a machine to another.

Idiom:

kick over the traces

To act in a way that contravenes social expectations or propriety: "As soon as the opportunity presented itself, [he] kicked over the traces and threw himself into a life of pleasure" (K.D. Reynolds).

[Middle English trais, from Old French, pl. of trait, a hauling, harness strap, from Latin tractus, a hauling, from past participle of trahere, to haul.]

单词	trace
释义	trace² (trās) n. 1. One of two side straps or chains connecting a harnessed draft animal to a vehicle or whiffletree. 2. A bar or rod, hinged at either end to another part, that transfers movement from one part of a machine to another. *Idiom:* *kick over the traces* To act in a way that contravenes social expectations or propriety: "As soon as the opportunity presented itself, [he] kicked over the traces and threw himself into a life of pleasure" (K.D. Reynolds). [Middle English trais, from Old French, pl. of trait, a hauling, harness strap, from Latin tractus, a hauling, from past participle of trahere, to haul.]
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