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| 1 | I +after/behind/around to move slowly and in a tired or unhappy way , often so that you are a short distance behind other people 没精打采地走；拖沓地走 |
| My husband usually trails glumly behind me when I shop. 我购物时，丈夫总是没精打采地跟在后面。 |
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| 2 | I/T mainly journalism to be losing in a competition or election （在竞赛或选举中）落后，输 |
| A recent poll shows the Democrats trailing the Republicans. 最近的一项民意测验表明民主党落后于共和党。 |
| +by At the end of the round, Garcia trailed by two strokes. 那轮比赛结束时，加西亚落后两杆。 |
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| 3 | I/T to pull something behind you , or be pulled behind someone or something 拖；拉；曳；被拖在后面 |
| Trailing his coat in the dirt, he turned towards home. 他把外套拖在地上，调头往家走去。 |
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| 4 | T to leave marks on a surface or a substance in the air as you go through a place 留下（痕迹） |
| The dogs came in, trailing mud everywhere. 那几条狗跑了进来，弄得到处都是泥。 |
| a jeep trailing clouds of dust 扬起漫天尘土的吉普车 |
| | 4a | I +across/over/alongif a line of marks or long thin objects trail across a place , they are left there by someone or something 被搁置 | | Old cables and wires trailed across the garden. 花园里搁置着一些旧电缆和电线。 | |
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| 5 | T to follow someone secretly in order to learn something about them 跟踪；追踪 |
| Detectives trailed Evans for weeks. 侦探们跟踪埃文斯有几个星期了。 |
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| 6 | I/T if something trails somewhere , it hangs down from something 垂下 |
| geraniums trailing from terracotta pots 从赤陶罐上垂下的天竺葵 |
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| - | ˌtrail aˈway or ˌtrail ˈoff |
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| | if someone’ s voice or words trail away or trail off , they gradually become silent （声音）逐渐变小，减弱 | Her voice trailed off as she realized he wasn’ t listening. 由于意识到他没在听，她的声音逐渐低了下来。 | |
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