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trace1/treis/ v. & n.●v. tr. 1a observe, discover, or find vestiges or signs of by investigation 探索,探究;查出;看出;找到 b (often foll. by 常后跟 along, through, to, etc.) follow or mark the track or position of 追踪,跟踪;勾画出…的轮廓 traced their footprints in the mud 循着泥地的足印跟踪; traced the outlines of a wall 勾画出墙壁的轮廓 c (often foll. by 常后跟 back) follow to its origins 追溯;追究 can trace my family to the 12th century 我的家族可追溯到 12 世纪; the report has been traced back to you 那报告又追究到你的头上了 2 (often foll. by 常后跟 over) copy (a drawing etc.) by drawing over its lines on a superimposed piece of translucent paper, or by using carbon paper (用透明纸或用碳纸)描摹,临摹(画等) 3 (often foll. by 常后跟 out) mark out, delineate, sketch, or write esp. laboriously 描绘;草拟;(费力地)写 traced out a plan of the district 描绘出该地区的规划; traced out his vision of the future 描绘出他对未来的设想 4 pursue one's way along (a path etc.) 沿着(路等)走,在(路上等)走 ●n. 1a a sign or mark or other indication of something having existed; a vestige 印记,印痕;痕迹,遗迹 no trace remains of the castle 城堡已荡然无存了; has the traces of a vanished beauty 昔日的美丽仍依稀可见 b a very small quantity 微量,少许 c an amount of rainfall etc. too small to be measured (下得太少而没法测定的)微雨量 2 a track or footprint left by a person or animal (人或动物留下的)足迹,踪迹 3 a track left by the moving pen of an instrument etc. (仪器等录下的)轨迹,迹线 4 a line on the screen of a cathode ray tube showing the path of a moving spot (电子屏幕上显示移动路线的)描记线 5 a curve's projection on or intersection with a plane etc. (在平面上的)曲线投影,波纹线,曲线 6 a change in the brain caused by learning processes (学习过程中大脑的)记忆痕迹,印迹 □ traceable adj.□ traceability /-ˈbiliti/ n.□ traceless adj.[Middle English via Old French trace (n.), tracier (v.) from Latin tractus ‘drawing’: see TRACT1] |