单词 | tracer |
释义 | tracer/ˈtreɪsə /noun 1A person or thing that traces something or by which something may be traced, in particular: 1.1A bullet or shell whose course is made visible in flight by a trail of flames or smoke, used to assist in aiming: the night sky turned into a light show of artillery, flares, and tracers [mass noun]: the night was lit up by tracer [as modifier]: tracer fire...
1.2A substance introduced into a biological organism or other system so that its subsequent distribution may be readily followed from its colour, radioactivity, or other distinctive property: they used radioactive carbon as a tracer [mass noun]: transfer of tracer from spinal fluid to blood...
1.3A device which transmits a signal and so can be located when attached to a moving vehicle or other object.And you'll be happy to know we knew exactly where you were, we installed tracers into all the vehicles....
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