| 单词 | track |
| 释义 | track (once / 88 pages) 1nv 2n 3n 4vn If you document your study time and record all your exam scores, then you track your progress in school. In this case the verb track shows that you're following the path of something. The noun track can refer to a path of a more literal kind. The noun track can describe a variety of paths, such as the rails that trains chug along, a course that racehorses run, or the big oval course in an ice rink. If you're competing in a five-lap race and you have the fastest speed after the first four laps, you're on track to win the race. In this case the term "on track" is describing a figurative path, one that indicates you're in a good position to achieve what you want. WORD FAMILYtrack: trackable, tracked, tracker, tracking, trackless, tracks+/tracked: untracked/tracker: trackers/tracking: trackings/trackless: tracklessly USAGE EXAMPLESThe Wisconsin Legislature’s website, https://legis.wisconsin.gov/, allows visitors to track bills’ progress. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) Singapore's TeleRadio Engineering uses RF signals in its SkyDroner device to track and control drones and a video feed to confirm targets visually. Reuters(Jan 02, 2017) “With the legislation currently in place, it’s incredibly difficult for law enforcement to track down guns that emerge from the secondary market.” The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n a line or route along which something travels or moves the track of an animal Syn|Hypo|Hyper course, path collision course a course of a moving object that will lead to a collision if it continues unchanged inside trackthe inner side of a curved racecourse roundthe course along which communications spread stepsthe course along which a person has walked or is walking in belt, swatha path or strip (as cut by one course of mowing) traila track or mark left by something that has passed slotthe trail of an animal (especially a deer) spoorthe trail left by a person or an animal; what the hunter follows in pursuing game line a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent 2n any road or path affording passage especially a rough one Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper cart track, cartroad Chisholm Trail a former cattle trail from San Antonio in Texas to Abilene in Kansas; not used after the 1880s Iditarod Traila trail that extends 1,100 miles from Anchorage over the Alaska Range to Nome Santa Fe Traila trail that extends from Missouri to New Mexico; an important route for settlers moving west in the 19th century portage overland track between navigable waterways traila path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country cattle traila trail over which cattle were driven to market deer traila trail worn by the passage of deer horse-traila trail for horses Indian traila trail through the wilderness worn by Amerindians mountain traila trail through mountainous country ski run, ski trailtrail or slope prepared for skiing road, route an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation 3n a course over which races are run Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper racecourse, racetrack, raceway Belmont Park a racetrack for thoroughbred racing in Elmont on Long Island; site of the Belmont Stakes Churchill Downsa racetrack for thoroughbred racing in Louisville; site of the Kentucky Derby Pimlicoa racetrack for thoroughbred racing; site of the Preakness cinder track a racetrack paved with fine cinders dirt tracka racetrack that is not paved circuit, racing circuita racetrack for automobile races speedwaya racetrack for racing automobiles or motorcycles velodromea banked oval track for bicycle or motorcycle racing course facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport 4n a pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels Hypo|Hyper railroad, railroad track, railway a line of track providing a runway for wheels streetcar track, tramline, tramwaythe track on which trams or streetcars run broad gaugea railroad track (or its width) broader than the standard 56.5 inches gantletthe convergence of two parallel railroad tracks in a narrow place; the inner rails cross and run parallel and then diverge so a train remains on its own tracks at all times narrow gaugea railroad track (or its width) narrower than the standard 56.5 inches railroad siding, sidetrack, siding, turnouta short stretch of railroad track used to store rolling stock or enable trains on the same line to pass standard gaugerailroad track having the standard width of 56.5 inches switchrailroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock artefact, artifact a man-made object taken as a whole 5n a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll Syn|Hypo|Hyper rail, rails, runway third rail a rail through which electric current is supplied to an electric locomotive bar a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon 6n an endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the ground Syn|Hypo|Hyper caterpillar track, caterpillar tread half track a track that goes around only rear wheels belt endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys 7n (computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data Syn|Hyper data track itinerary, path, route an established line of travel or access 8n a groove on a phonograph recording Hyper channel, groove a long narrow furrow cut either by a natural process (such as erosion) or by a tool (as e.g. a groove in a phonograph record) 9v travel across or pass over Syn|Hypo|Hyper cover, cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, traverse tramp cross on foot stridecover or traverse by taking long steps walktraverse or cover by walking crisscrosscross in a pattern, often random fordcross a river where it's shallow bridgecross over on a bridge jaywalkcross the road at a red light drive, takeproceed along in a vehicle coursemove swiftly through or over hoptraverse as if by a short airplane trip go across, go through, pass go across or through 10v carry on the feet and deposit track mud into the house Hyper bring in, introduce bring in a new person or object into a familiar environment 11v make tracks upon 2Hyper create, make make or cause to be or to become n a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc 3the title track of the album Syn|Hyper cut excerpt, excerption, extract, selection a passage selected from a larger work n the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track 4Syn|Hyper running track and field participating in athletic sports performed on a running track or on the field associated with it 1v go after with the intent to catch Syn|Hypo|Hyper chase, chase after, dog, give chase, go after, tag, tail, trail tree chase an animal up a tree questsearch the trail of (game) hound, hunt, tracepursue or chase relentlessly run downpursue until captured ferrethound or harry relentlessly follow, pursue follow in or as if in pursuit 2v observe or plot the moving path of something track a missile Hyper observe watch attentively 3n evidence pointing to a possible solution Syn|Hyper lead, trail evidence, grounds your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief |
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