| 单词 | on one's trace(s |
| 释义 | > as lemmason one's trace(s a. The track made by the passage of any person or thing, whether beaten by feet or indicated in any other way: = track n. 1 on one's trace(s, in pursuit of one; to keep trace of, to follow the movements of, keep sight of in going. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > marking > a mark > trace or vestige > [noun] > left by the passage of something swathc888 forec1250 vorea1387 tracec1420 track1470 rut1552 fore-step1562 cart-rut1601 trail1610 strake1617 cart-ritta1657 cart-ruck1820 wheel-spura1825 wake1851 c1420 Anturs of Arth. v The king blowe rechas, And folowed fast on þe tras. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) vi. 583 Þe hund..ay followit þe kyngis tras. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) vi. 553 In his trais þe hund he set. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) ix. 238 Men myghte well folow hym bi the trase, by cause of the blode that cam out of his body. c1556 W. Tymmes Let. in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1583) 2142/1 A sheepe [= ship] that passeth ouer the waues.., when it is gone, by the trace thereof cannot be found. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 10 Two dogs of black Saint Hubert's breed..Fast on his [sc. the stag's] flying traces came. 1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid ii, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 133 On his traces aflame with murderous stroke, Pyrrhus—behind—the pursuer! < as lemmas |
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