trace 1

（常与along, through, to连用）跟踪，追踪

（常与back连用）追溯；探索

找到；发现

（常与out连用）描绘；画；誊写

画出…的轮廓；勾出外形

trace 2

挽绳，缰绳

踪迹；行踪；足迹；形迹

少许；有点

trace

痕迹, 踪迹, 微量, 迹线, 缰绳

描绘, 映描, 画轮廓, 追踪, 回溯, 探索

上溯, 沿路走

trace

1. a just detectable amount; "he speaks French with a trace of an accent"

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2. an indication that something has been present; "there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim"; "a tincture of condescension"

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3. a suggestion of some quality; "there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone"; "he detected a ghost of a smile on her face"

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4. drawing created by tracing

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5. either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree

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6. a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle

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1. follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something; "We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba" ; "trace the student's progress"

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2. make a mark or lines on a surface; "draw a line"; "trace the outline of a figure in the sand"

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3. to go back over again; "we retraced the route we took last summer"; "trace your path"

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4. pursue or chase relentlessly; "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found the him"

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5. discover traces of; "She traced the circumstances of her birth"

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6. make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along; "The children traced along the edge of the drak forest"; "The women traced the pasture"

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7. copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of; "trace a design"; "trace a pattern"

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8. read with difficulty; "Can you decipher this letter?"; "The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs"

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