单词 | trace |
释义 | trace2 /treis; tres/ vt, vi 1 [VP6A, 15B] ~ sth (out), draw, sketch, the course, outline, etc, of: 画出…的轮廓、路线、过程等; 描绘出; 标出: ~ out the site of an old castle; 标出一古城堡的所在地; ~ (out) one's route on a map; 在地图上画出某人行经的路线; (fig) (喻) ~ out a policy, give its outlines. 厘订政策大纲。 2 [VP6A] copy (sth), eg by drawing on transparent paper the lines, etc on (a map, design, etc) placed underneath. 描摹。 3 [VP6A] write slowly and with difficulty: 缓慢而亩难地书写: He ~d the words laboriously. 他很费力地写了那几个字。 4 [VP6A, 15A, B, 2C] follow or discover (sb or sth) by observing marks, tracks, bits of evidence, etc: 匝踪; 追溯; 探索: The criminal was ~d to Glasgow. 那罪犯被追踪至格拉斯哥。 I cannot ~ (=cannot find, do not think I received) any letter from you dated 1st June. 我找不到(或想不出曾收到)你六月一日寄来的信。 ~ (sth/sb) back (to sth), a find the origin of by going back in time: 追究; 追溯; 回溯; 渔自: He ~s his descent back to an old Norman family. 他的血统可追溯至一个古老的诺尔曼家族。 His fear of dogs ~s back/can be ~d back to a childhood experience. 他对狗的恐惧湖自他孩童时代的一次经验。 b find the origin of by going back through evidence: (借证据而)找出根源; 源自; 来自 .The rumour was ~d back to a journalist, It was discovered that he had started it/ 那项谣言来自一个新闻记者。 5 [VP6A] discover the position, size, etc of (sth) from its remains: 由遗迹发现(某物)之位置、大小等; 探寻出: Archaeologists have ~d many Roman roads in Britain. 考古学家已在英国发现许多古罗马的道路。 ~able /-abl; -abl/ adj capable of being ~d (to). 可描摹的; 可追藤的; 可探寻的。 ~r n 1 person who ~s(2). 描摹者。 2 (often 常作 '~r bullet/shell) projectile whose course is made visible by a line of flame or smoke left behind it. 曳光扇。 '~r element, radioactive element which, when introduced into sth, can be ~d by the use of a Geiger counter. 放射追踪元素; 放射显迹剂(导入某物时,可用盖氏计数器追踪)。 tracing n reproduction (of a map, design, etc) made by tracing(2). (地图、图案等的)复制;摹绘。'tracing-paper n [U] strong transparent paper on which tracings are made .( 透明)摹图纸。 |
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