a long line or series of marks that is left by somebody/something (长串的)痕迹,踪迹,足迹 a trail of blood 一连串血迹 tourists who leave a trail of litter everywhere they go 一路乱丢垃圾的游客 The hurricane left a trail of destruction behind it. 飓风过后满目疮痍。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- scent
- blood
- smoke
- …
- lay
- leave
- make
- …
- go cold
- on somebody’s trail
- a trail of blood
- a trail of devastation
- a trail of smoke
- …
a track, sign or smell that is left behind and that can be followed, especially in hunting (尤指打猎时跟踪的)踪迹,足迹,臭迹 The hounds were following the fox's trail. 猎犬追踪着狐狸的气味。 - on the trail of somebody/something
The police are still on the trail of the escaped prisoner. 警方仍在追捕逃犯。 Fortunately the trail was still warm (= clear and easy to follow). 庆幸的是痕迹仍然清晰可循。 The trail had gone cold. 臭迹已经消失了。
Extra ExamplesAnts follow a scent trail laid down previously. 蚂蚁循着上次留下的臭迹爬。 The dog had picked up the trail of a rabbit. 狗嗅到了野兔留下的气味。 The fox had crossed a stream, and the hounds lost the trail. 狐狸穿过了小溪,猎狗失去了它的臭迹。 Detectives had found several new clues and were back on the murderer's trail. 侦探们发现了一些新的线索,又开始追踪凶手。 The couple laid a false trail to escape the press photographers. 为了逃避摄影记者,那对情侣假造了踪迹。 They had to find the kidnappers before the trail went cold. 他们必须在踪迹磨灭之前找到绑匪。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- scent
- blood
- smoke
- …
- lay
- leave
- make
- …
- go cold
- on somebody’s trail
- a trail of blood
- a trail of devastation
- a trail of smoke
- …
a path through the countryside (乡间的)小路,小径 a trail through the forest 穿过森林的小路
Extra ExamplesTopics Hobbiesc1We set off to walk the trail that winds along the Colorado River. 我们沿着科罗拉多河边蜿蜒的小路出发了。 The trail was covered with deep snow. 这条小径被厚厚的积雪覆盖着。 The Norfolk Coast path is part of a National Trail. 诺福克海岸小径是国家小径的一部分。 The Appalachian Trail runs from Maine to Georgia. 阿巴拉契亚小径从缅因州延伸到乔治亚州。 A woodland trail leads off to the right. 一条林地小径通向右边。 The trail wends its way through leafy woodland and sunny meadows. 这条小径穿过葱郁的林区和洒满阳光的草地。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- forest
- mountain
- nature
- …
- follow
- hit
- take
- …
- go
- lead
- run
- …
- along a/the trail
a route that is followed for a particular purpose (特定)路线,路径 a tourist trail (= of famous buildings) 游览路线 politicians on the campaign trail (= travelling around to attract support) 进行巡回宣传的政治人物
Extra ExamplesIn 1967 she hit the hippy trail to India. 1967 年,她踏上嬉皮士之路去了印度。 We did the Inca trail. 我们走了印加古道。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- forest
- mountain
- nature
- …
- follow
- hit
- take
- …
- go
- lead
- run
- …
- along a/the trail
see also audit trail, paper trail
Word OriginMiddle English (as a verb): from Old French traillier ‘to tow’, or Middle Low German treilen ‘haul a boat’, based on Latin tragula ‘dragnet’, from trahere ‘to pull’. Compare with trawl. The noun originally denoted the train of a robe, later generalized to denote something trailing.
Idioms
blaze a trail
to be the first to do or to discover something that others follow compare trailblazer作开路先锋;领先
hit the road/trail
- (informal)
to start a journey 出发;上路 The following spring I hit the road. 第二年春天我就上路了。
hot on somebody’s/something’s tracks/trail
- (informal)
close to catching or finding the person or thing that you have been running after or searching for 快要抓到,即将找到(某人或物)