| [/træk; træk/] n 用法:
1 (usu pl 通常作复数) line or series of marks left by a moving vehicle, person, animal, etc （车辆、 人、 动物等行走时留下的）踪迹, 足迹, 痕迹:
`tyre tracks in the mud 泥地上的车胎印 *
We followed his tracks through the snow. 我们循著雪地上他留下的脚印走. *
fresh `bear tracks 熊的新足迹. 用法:
2 course taken by sth/sb (whether it can be seen or not) 某事物的进程; 某事物[某人]的路径或路线:
the track of a storm, comet, satellite 风暴、 彗星、 卫星的路线 *
following in the track of earlier explorers 沿著先前探险者的路径前进. 用法:
3 path or rough road, esp one made by vehicles, people oranimals 路, 小径（尤指车辆、 人或动物造成的）:
a muddytrack through the forest 穿过森林的泥泞小路 *
`sheep tracks across the moor 羊群踏出的穿越高沼地的小径.4 (a) set of rails for trains （火车的）轨道:
a single/doubletrack, ie one pair/two pairs of rails 单[双]轨 *
The train left the track, ie was derailed. 火车出轨了.
(b) (US) railway platform （火车站的）站台:
The train for Chicago is on track 9. 开往芝加哥的列车停靠在第9站台.5 prepared course or circuit for racing （比赛用的）跑道:
a`cycling/`running/`greyhound/`motor-racing track 自行车赛[赛跑/赛狗/汽车赛]的跑道 *
[attrib 作定语] `trackracing 径赛. =>Usage at path 用法见path. 用法:
6 (a) sectionof a gramophone record 唱片的一段录音:
Her new album has two great tracks (eg songs) on it. 她的新唱片集里有两段（如歌曲）特别棒.
(b) channel of a recordingtape （录音磁带上的）声道:
[attrib 作定语] a sixteen-tracktape recorder 十六声道录音机.
(C) (computing 计) section of a disk, etc in which information is stored （磁盘等的）道（储存信息用的）. 用法:
7 continuous belt round the wheels of a bulldozer, tank, etc, on which it moves （推土机、 坦克等的）履带. 用法:
8 rail along which sth (eg a curtain or a cupboard door) is moved （物件, 如帘幕、 橱门等的）滑道, 滑轨. 用法:
9 (idm 习语) cover one's tracks => cover1. from/on the wrong side of the tracks => wrong. hot on sb's tracks/trail => hot. in one's `tracks (infml) where one is; suddenly 就地; 当场; 突然:
He fell dead in his tracks. 他当场死去. *
Your question stopped him in his tracks, ie disconcerted him. 你提的问题让他当场下不来台. jump the rails/track => jump2. keep/lose track of sb/sth keep/fail to keep informed about sb/sth 与某人[某事]保持[失去]联系:
It's hard to keep track of (ie maintain contact with) all one's old school friends. 与中学时的所有老校友都保持联系是很困难的. *
lose track of time, ie forget what time it is 说不准现在的确切时间. make `tracks (for...) (infml) leave (for a place) 离去（向某地）:
It's time we made tracks (for home). 我们该（家）走了. off the beaten track => beat1. on the right/wrong `track thinking or acting in a correct/incorrect way 想法或做法对[不对]:
We haven't found the solution yet, but I'm sure we're on the right track. 我们还没有找到解决办法, 但我肯定我们的思路是对的. on sb's track pursuing sb 追踪某人:
The police are on the track of the gang. 警方正在追踪那帮团伙. track 2
v 用法:
1 [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sb/sth (to sth) follow the track of sb/sth 追踪某人[某物]:
track a satellite, missile, etc using radar 用雷达追踪卫星、 导弹等 *
The police tracked the terrorists to their hide-out. 警方追踪恐怖分子至其藏匿处. *
track an animal to its lair 追踪一动物至其窝穴. 用法:
2 [I, Ipr, Ip] (cinema 影) (of a camera) move along while filming （指摄影机）移动摄影:
a tracking shot 跟踪摄影. 用法:
3 (phr v) track sb/sth down findsb/sth by searching 经追踪或搜索而发现某人[某物]:
track down an animal (to its lair) 追踪（至窝穴）发现一动物 *
I finally tracked down the reference in a dictionary of quotations. 我终於在引语词典中查到了那段引文. tracker n person who tracks wild animals, etc 追踪野兽等的人. `tracker dog dog used for tracking criminals, etc 用以追踪犯罪分子等的犬. |