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track T0300400 (trăk)n.1. a. A mark or succession of marks left by something that has passed.b. A path, route, or course indicated by such marks: an old wagon track through the mountains.2. A path along which something moves; a course: following the track of an airplane on radar.3. a. A course of action; a method of proceeding: on the right track for solving the puzzle.b. An intended or proper course: putting a stalled project back on track.4. A succession of ideas; a train of thought.5. Awareness of something occurring or passing: keeping track of the score; lost all track of time.6. Sports a. A course laid out for running or racing.b. Athletic competition on such a course; track events.c. Track and field.7. A rail or set of parallel rails upon which railroad cars or other vehicles run.8. tracks The boundary, formerly often delineated by train tracks, that separates two neighborhoods of different social class: grew up on the wrong side of the tracks.9. Either of the continuous metal belts with which vehicles such as bulldozers and tanks move over the ground.10. A metal groove or ridge that holds, guides, and reduces friction for a moving device or apparatus.11. Any of several courses of study to which students are assigned according to ability, achievement, or needs: academic, vocational, and general tracks.12. a. A distinct path, as along a length of film or magnetic tape, on which sound, images, or other information is recorded.b. A distinct selection from an audio or video recording, usually containing an individual work or part of a larger work: the title track of an album.c. One of two or more separate recordings that are combined so as to be replayed simultaneously, as in stereophonic sound reproduction: mixed the vocal track and instrumental track.13. Computers a. One of the concentric magnetic rings that form the separate data storage areas on a floppy disk or a hard disk.b. A set of digital data encoded consecutively on an optical disc.14. tracks Slang Needle marks on the skin from multiple intravenous injections, considered an indication of habitual drug use.v. tracked, track·ing, tracks v.tr.1. To follow the tracks of; trail: tracking game through the forest.2. a. To leave marks made of (dirt or mud, for example) on a surface: The dog tracked mud on the rug.b. To leave marks on (a floor, for example) when moving or traversing: You're tracking up my nice clean floor!3. a. To observe or monitor the course of (an aircraft, for example), as by radar.b. To observe the progress of; follow: tracking the company's performance daily.c. To determine or discover the location or origin of: tracked the money to an offshore account.4. To equip with a track.5. To assign (a student) to a curricular track.v.intr.1. To follow a course; travel: The storm is tracking up the coast.2. a. To keep a constant distance apart. Used of a pair of wheels.b. To be in alignment: The gears are not tracking properly.3. a. To follow the undulations in the groove of a phonograph record. Used of a needle.b. To move across magnetic heads. Used of magnetic tape.4. To move in relation to a subject being filmed. Used of a camera or camera crew.Phrasal Verb: track down To pursue until found or captured: tracked him down at the pub.Idiom: in (one's) tracks Exactly where one is standing: stopped him right in his tracks. [Middle English trak, from Old French trac, perhaps of Germanic origin.] track′a·ble adj.track′er n.track down vb (tr, adverb) to find by tracking or pursuing ThesaurusVerb | 1. | track down - pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods"hunt, hunt down, runsnipe - hunt or shoot snipewhale - hunt for whalesstill-hunt, ambush - hunt (quarry) by stalking and ambushingturtle - hunt for turtles, especially as an occupationdrive - hunting: chase from cover into more open ground; "drive the game"drive - hunting: search for game; "drive the forest"rabbit - hunt rabbitsfowl - hunt fowl in the forestpoach - hunt illegally; "people are poaching elephants for their ivory"seal - hunt sealsferret - hunt with ferretshunt - search (an area) for prey; "The King used to hunt these forests"course - hunt with hounds; "He often courses hares"foxhunt - hunt foxes, on horseback and with dogsjacklight, jack - hunt with a jacklighthawk - hunt with hawks; "the tribes like to hawk in the desert"falcon - hunt with falcons; "The tribes like to falcon in the desert"fowl - hunt fowlcapture, catch - capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping; "I caught a rabbit in the trap today"run - cause an animal to move fast; "run the dogs"forage, scrounge - collect or look around for (food) |
tracknoun1. A visible sign or mark of the passage of someone or something:print, trace, trail.2. Evidence of passage left along a course followed by a hunted animal or fugitive:scent, spoor, trail.3. A course of action to be followed regularly:round (often used in plural), routine.verb1. To follow the traces or scent of, as in hunting:trace, trail.2. To keep (another) under surveillance by moving along behind:dog, follow, shadow, trail.Informal: bird-dog, tail.3. To go across:cross, pass, transit, traverse.phrasal verb track downTo pursue and locate:hunt down, nose out, run down, trace.Idiom: run to earth.Translationstrack (trӕk) noun1. a mark left, especially a footprint etc. They followed the lion's tracks. 痕跡 痕迹2. a path or rough road. a mountain track. 小道 小道3. (also ˈracetrack) a course on which runners, cyclists etc race. a running track; (also adjective) the 100 metres sprint and other track events. 跑道 跑道4. a railway line. 鐵路線 铁路线 verb to follow (eg an animal) by the marks, footprints etc that it has left. They tracked the wolf to its lair. 追蹤 追踪ˈtrack-suit noun a warm suit worn by athletes etc when exercising, or before and after performing. 運動員的練習服 运动员的练习服in one's tracks where one stands or is. He stopped dead in his tracks. 當時當地,就地 当时当地,就地 keep/lose track of (not) to keep oneself informed about (the progress or whereabouts of). I've lost track of what is happening. 跟上/不能跟上......的進展 跟上/不能跟上......的进展 make tracks (for) to depart, or set off (towards). We ought to be making tracks (for home). 走向... 走向...track down to pursue or search for (someone or something) until it is caught or found. I managed to track down an old copy of the book. 對...搜尋到底 对...搜寻到底ˈtracker dog noun a dog that is trained to find people, drugs, explosives etc. 警犬 警犬track down
track downTo search for or pursue someone or something until located or captured. A noun or pronoun can be used between "track" and "down." I've been trying to track down people from my graduating class for our high school reunion. The police tracked down the fugitive to an abandoned warehouse on the outskirts of town. My son really wants this particular toy, so I was wondering if you could help me track it down.See also: down, tracktrack someone or something downto search out where someone or something is. I don't know where Anne is. I'll try to track her down. I'll track down Anne for you.See also: down, tracktrack downFollow successfully, locate, as in I've been trying to track down that book but haven't had any luck. This term alludes to the literal use of track, "follow the footsteps of." [Second half of 1800s] See also: down, tracktrack downv. To pursue someone or something until found or captured: I tracked down the book I was looking for. The fugitives were missing for a month before the police tracked them down. See also: down, trackEncyclopediaSeetracktrack down
Synonyms for track downverb pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)SynonymsRelated Words- snipe
- whale
- still-hunt
- ambush
- turtle
- drive
- rabbit
- fowl
- poach
- seal
- ferret
- hunt
- course
- foxhunt
- jacklight
- jack
- hawk
- falcon
- capture
- catch
- run
- forage
- scrounge
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