| 词汇 | trace |
| 释义 | trace verb[ T ] uk /treɪs/ us /treɪs/ traceverb[T] (FIND)C1 to find someone or something that was lost: 找到，查出，发现 The police are trying to trace the mother of a newborn baby found abandoned outside a hospital.警察试图查出那位把新生婴儿抛弃在医院外面的母亲。 Attempts to trace the whereabouts of a man seen leaving the scene of the crime have so far been unsuccessful.有人曾看到一名男子离开犯罪现场，但迄今为止追查该男子下落的种种努力一无所获。 Their missing daughter was finally traced to(= found in) Manchester.他们失踪的女儿最终在曼彻斯特找到了。 to find someone or something findI've looked everywhere for my keys but can't find them. discoverThe missing wallet was discovered under the chair. locatePolice are still trying to locate the suspect. uncoverReporters uncovered evidence of corruption. unearthOur investigation unearthed mountains of evidence that implicated the city. come acrossWe came across a lovely little restaurant in the village. C1 to find the origin of something: 追查…的来源 The phone company was unable to trace the call.电话公司查不出这个电话来自何处。 No one has yet been able to trace the source of the rumour.还没有人能够查出谣言的出处。 to discover the causes or origins of something by examining the way in which it has developed: （根据事物的发展方式）查明…的起因（或源头），追溯 The outbreak of food poisoning was traced to some contaminated shellfish.经调查，这次食物中毒源于一些受到污染的贝类。 She has traced her family history back to the seventeenth century.她把家族历史追溯到了十七世纪。 The practice of giving eggs at Easter can be traced back to(= first happened in) festivals in ancient China.复活节送彩蛋的习俗可追溯至中国古代的节庆活动。 to describe the way in which something has developed: 描绘…的发展方式 The film traces the events leading up to the Russian Revolution in 1917.该影片描述了导致1917年俄国革命爆发的一系列事件。 The city of Tours can trace its roots back to Roman times.图尔城的历史可以追溯到古罗马时代。 The new system can trace a phone call in a fraction of a second.新系统可以极快地查出来电号码。 He has traced his family back to Norman times. We are trying to trace everyone who spoke to her that day. Police are trying to trace a man in connection with the murder. Finding and discovering ascertain break (fresh/new) groundidiom breakthrough bring something to lightidiom catch someone red-handedidiom flush someone/something out fossick found geocache geocaching homing plumb rake something out red-handed rediscover rediscovery refind sniff suss winkle something/someone out You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Defining & explaining traceverb[T] (DRAW)to copy a drawing or pattern, etc. by drawing over its lines through a thin piece of transparent paper: （把透明纸覆盖在底样上）描摹 Did you draw this picture yourself, or did you trace it?这幅画是你自己画的，还是你描摹的？ She learned to write her name by tracing out the letters.她通过描摹字母学会了写自己的名字。 to draw a shape by showing the main or outer lines: 勾画出…的轮廓 The child was tracing patterns in/on the sand with a stick.孩子用棍子在沙子上勾画出一个个图案。 Painting, drawing & printing airbrush axonometric brushstroke brushwork chiaroscuro describe drawing drawn engraving etching face painting illustrate paint painterly painting painting by numbersidiom pentimento shade touch something in vanishing point trace noun uk /treɪs/ us /treɪs/ tracenoun (SIGN/RECORD)B2[ C or U ] a sign that something has happened or existed: 痕迹，踪迹 He attempted to cover up all the traces of his crime.他试图掩盖他犯罪的蛛丝马迹。 When she moved out, she left no trace of having been there.她搬走后，没有留下任何在那儿住过的痕迹。 My wallet has been missing for several days and I can't find any trace of it.我的钱包不见好几天了，而我就是找不到它。 He seems to have vanished without (a) trace (= no one knows where he is).他似乎已经消失得无影无踪了。 [ C ] an act of finding information about something electronically, or the record of the information found in this way: （利用电子仪器的）追踪，描记图 The phone company put a trace on the call.电话公司用电子仪器追踪了这次通话。 There is no trace of their camp left. The foxes left no traces. They covered up all traces of their visit. The hedgehog ate the bread and milk but left no trace. Police can find no trace of the man since last week. Showing and demonstrating act out attest bespeak breastbeating bring define indicate mark something out masterclass ostensive ostensively outlet point (something/someone) out reflect reveal unproved unproven unveil unwrap vent You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Communications - general words tracenoun (SLIGHT AMOUNT)[ C ] a very slight amount: 微量，少许 Traces of drugs were found in his blood.在他的血液中发现了少许毒品。 There is just a trace of grey in his hair.他头发中夹杂着少许白发。 She speaks English without any trace of an accent.她讲英语丝毫不带口音。 There was the faintest trace of a smile on her lips.她的唇边带着一丝微笑。 "How wonderful!" she said, without any trace of sarcasm.“多好啊！”她说道，语气中丝毫没有挖苦的意思。 Words meaning small pieces and amounts by a noseidiom clipping crumb dab of something dash dollop grain hint ort paring peewee pinch potsherd skinny spark tad thimbleful tidbit tiddler titbit trace | American Dictionarytrace verb[ T ] us/treɪs/ traceverb[T] (FIND)to find someone or something by searching carefully: Police are trying to trace the mother of the abandoned baby. The phone company was unable to trace the call (= find where it came from). To trace something is also to discover its cause or origin: The outbreak of food poisoning was traced to contaminated shellfish. They trace their family back to the early settlers. To trace something is also to describe the way it developed: The movie traces the events leading up to the Russian Revolution. traceverb[T] (DRAW)to copy a drawing, pattern, etc. by drawing its lines on a thin piece of paper that is placed over it trace noun[ C ] us/treɪs/ tracenoun[C] (SLIGHT AMOUNT)a very slight amount or degree: There was a trace of a smile on his face, She speaks English without the slightest trace of an accent. tracenoun[C] (FIND)a mark or sign that something happened or existed: They found traces of a lost civilization in the jungle. He vanished without a trace. trace | Business Englishtrace verb[ T ] uk /treɪs/us to follow the movements, progress, or development of something: We traced the manufacturing process from the arrival of the raw materials to the shipment of the final product. to find someone or something: Will you trace the origin of these orders, please? to describe the way in which something has developed: The main aim of this project is to trace the history of the Keynesian revolution. trace noun[ C ] uk /treɪs/us the process of searching for something that has been lost: put a trace on sthWe have put a trace on your missing luggage. Examples of tracetrace First, the robotic manipulator traces the edges of a fine stepped structure and estimates their directions. The growth of the economy is traced over time, taking into account population growth, capital accumulation, and technical change. Such children, we are told, look like animals and show no trace of intelligence. On closer viewing, the individual boards and the grain of the timber are revealed as traces of construction. The motions of the bodies can be represented as sequences of directed traces or trajectories through c-space. Ultimately the origin of the discrepancies can be traced back in part to whether the centromeric and pericentromeric insertion sites are considered in the analysis. For many years, these deficiencies were understandable as they were traced to the extended absence of viable models of personality in the field of psychology. In this regard, it is useful to introduce the notion of a trace set. The source of the outbreak was traced to an untreated private water supply. The reason is that the total number of interherd contacts that had been traced was very high. There is, perhaps, a trace of makam left in bouzouki performance with its opening unmetred taksim. The partial beam divergence values, one can calculate from the present geometry (distance of the source to the detector), and trace the spread. For the definition of the generalised trace, we generalise the communication relation as fol [m] be a partial lows. Any recall of the noncongruent word would be attributed to accessibility of the word from the phonological trace prior to its decay. These traces themselves represent primary (bio)information about the original changeable environment. See all examples of trace These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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