phr. beaten track 1. 踏出来的路
2. 常规，惯例，老办法
He never leaves the beaten track. 他一向墨守成规。
cover (up) one's tracks 掩盖行踪；隐匿自己的活动(或计划等)
in one's tracks 〈口〉就地，当场；立刻
He fell dead in his tracks. 他当即倒地死去。
Once food became available, inflation would stop short in its tracks. 一旦粮食短缺问题得到解决，通货膨胀就会立即停止。
jump the track 〈主美〉
1. (火车)出轨
2. 〈口〉思想开小差，胡思乱想
keep track of 跟上…的进展；保持与…的联系；看清；听清；记录；计算
read the newspapers to keep track of current events 读报以了解时事
keep track of each other 保持相互联系
dive beneath the clouds to keep track of the mountain slopes (飞机)俯冲到云层下面以看清山坡
keep track of one's activities with paper and pencil 用纸和铅笔记下自己的活动情况
lose track of 不能跟上…的进展；失去与…的联系；看不清；听不清；未记录；未计算
I had a daughter but lost track of her. 我曾有一个女儿，但已跟她失去联系。
He lost track of the money he spent. 他没有计算(或算不清)花了多少钱。
make tracks 〈美口〉
1. (匆匆)离去；跑开；赶快走
Man, it's time we made tracks! 啊哟，咱们得赶快走了!
2. 回家
It's about time we were making tracks. 快到我们回家的时候了。
3. 进展迅速
make tracks for 走向；跑向；追
The boys made tracks for home when it began to get dark. 天黑下来了，男孩们匆匆跑回家去。
off the beaten track 见 beaten
off the track 偏离正道，离题，偏离目标；出错
The speaker was a long way off the track. 演讲者离题千里。
He is off the track with his offer of mediation. 他提议调停是失策的。
on the right (wrong) track 循着正确(错误)的路线；正确(错误)地
on the track 在正道上；未离题(或目标)；正确
on the track of sb.(或 on sb.'s track) 1. 追踪着某人
The police are on the track of the murderer. 警察正在追踪凶手。
2. 掌握着某人行动(或企图等)的线索
on track (行动、思想等)上路的，在正确的轨道上的
keep the economy on track 使经济按预定的目标发展
the wrong side of the tracks 〈口〉城镇的贫困区，贫民窟
track down 跟踪找到；追捕到；追查到；搜寻到
The terrorists have been tracked down and arrested abroad. 那些恐怖分子已在国外被追获逮捕。
No effort must be spared in tracking down the leak of information. 必须尽一切努力查出消息是如何泄漏的。
It took me a long half hour to track him down. 我足足花了半小时才把他找到。
track out 追查到，探索出
track up (奔跑中的马)使后蹄踏上或越过前蹄踏过的蹄印
track with 〈澳口〉与…相好