| 单词 | trail |
| 释义 | Word Frequency trail(treɪl) verb 1. to drag or stream, or permit to drag or stream along a surface, esp the ground her skirt trailed she trailed her skipping rope 2. to make (a track or path) through (a place) to trail a way to trail a jungle 3. to chase, follow, or hunt (an animal or person) by following marks or tracks 4. (when intr, often foll by behind) to lag or linger behind (a person or thing) 5. (intransitive) (esp of plants) to extend or droop over or along a surface 6. (intransitive) to be falling behind in a race or competition the favourite is trailing at the last fence 7. (transitive) to tow (a boat, caravan, etc) behind a motor vehicle 8. (transitive) to carry (a rifle) at the full length of the right arm in a horizontal position, with the muzzle to the fore 9. (intransitive) to move wearily or slowly we trailed through the city 10. (transitive) (on television or radio) to advertise (a future programme) with short extracts 11. trail one's coat noun 12. a print, mark, or marks made by a person, animal, or object 13. the act or an instance of trailing 14. the scent left by a moving person or animal that is followed by a hunting animal 15. a path, track, or road, esp one roughly blazed 16. something that trails behind or trails in loops or strands 17. the part of a towed gun carriage and limber that connects the two when in movement and rests on the ground as a partial support when unlimbered 18. engineering the distance between the point of contact of a steerable wheel and a line drawn from the swivel pin axis to the ground 19. (on television or radio) an advertisement for a future programme Derived forms trail-less (ˈtrail-less) adjective Word origin C14: from Old French trailler to draw, tow, from Vulgar Latin tragulāre (unattested), from Latin trāgula dragnet, from trahere to drag; compare Middle Dutch traghelen to drag |
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