| 释义 |
trace2 /trās/ noun- (usu in pl) a rope, chain or strap attached to an animal's collar or breast-strap for drawing a vehicle
- A bar for transmitting motion
- The vascular tissue branching from the cylinder to pass into a leaf or branch (botany)
- A short piece of wire, gut or nylon connecting the hook to the fishing-line (angling)
transitive verb To harness in traces ORIGIN: OFr trays, trais, pl of trait draught; cf trait trāˈcer noun - A trace-horse
- A person (orig a boy) who tends a trace-horse
traceˈ-horse noun A horse that pulls a vehicle using traces kick over the traces see under kick |