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

trail

(trāl)

v. trailed, trail·ing, trails

v.tr.

1. To allow to drag or stream behind, as along the ground: The dog ran off, trailing its leash.

2. To drag (the body, for example) wearily or heavily.

a. To follow the traces or scent of, as in hunting; track.

b. To follow the course taken by; pursue: trail a fugitive.

4. To follow behind: several cruisers trailed by an escorting destroyer.

5. To lag behind (an opponent): trailed the league leader by four games.

v.intr.

1. To drag or be dragged along, brushing the ground: The queen's long robe trailed behind.

2. To extend, grow, or droop loosely over a surface: vines trailing through the garden.

3. To drift in a thin stream: smoke trailing from a dying fire.

4. To become gradually fainter; dwindle: His voice trailed off in confusion.

5. To walk or proceed with dragging steps; trudge: trailed along in glum silence.

6. To be behind in competition; lag: trailing by two goals in the second period.

a. A marked or beaten path, as through woods or wilderness.

b. An overland route: the pioneers' trail across the prairies.

c. A marked course through one or more bodies of water, as for recreational boaters or divers.

a. A mark, trace, course, or path left by a moving body.

b. The scent of a person or animal: The dogs lost the trail of the fox.

3. Something that is drawn along or follows behind; a train: The mayor was followed by a trail of reporters.

4. A succession of things that come afterward or are left behind: left a trail of broken promises.

5. Something that hangs loose and long: Trails of ticker tape floated down from office windows.

6. The part of a gun carriage that rests or slides on the ground.

7. The act of trailing.

[Middle English trailen, probably from Old French trailler, to hunt without a foreknown course, from Vulgar Latin *trāgulāre, to make a deer double back and forth, perhaps alteration (influenced by Latin trāgula, dragnet) of Latin trahere, to pull, draw.]

单词	trail
释义	trail (trāl) v. trailed, trail·ing, trails v.tr. 1. To allow to drag or stream behind, as along the ground: The dog ran off, trailing its leash. 2. To drag (the body, for example) wearily or heavily. 3. a. To follow the traces or scent of, as in hunting; track. b. To follow the course taken by; pursue: trail a fugitive. 4. To follow behind: several cruisers trailed by an escorting destroyer. 5. To lag behind (an opponent): trailed the league leader by four games. v.intr. 1. To drag or be dragged along, brushing the ground: The queen's long robe trailed behind. 2. To extend, grow, or droop loosely over a surface: vines trailing through the garden. 3. To drift in a thin stream: smoke trailing from a dying fire. 4. To become gradually fainter; dwindle: His voice trailed off in confusion. 5. To walk or proceed with dragging steps; trudge: trailed along in glum silence. 6. To be behind in competition; lag: trailing by two goals in the second period. n. 1. a. A marked or beaten path, as through woods or wilderness. b. An overland route: the pioneers' trail across the prairies. c. A marked course through one or more bodies of water, as for recreational boaters or divers. 2. a. A mark, trace, course, or path left by a moving body. b. The scent of a person or animal: The dogs lost the trail of the fox. 3. Something that is drawn along or follows behind; a train: The mayor was followed by a trail of reporters. 4. A succession of things that come afterward or are left behind: left a trail of broken promises. 5. Something that hangs loose and long: Trails of ticker tape floated down from office windows. 6. The part of a gun carriage that rests or slides on the ground. 7. The act of trailing. [Middle English trailen, probably from Old French trailler, to hunt without a foreknown course, from Vulgar Latin trāgulāre, to make a deer double back and forth, perhaps alteration (influenced by Latin trāgula, dragnet) of Latin trahere*, to pull, draw.]
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