[treɪs][treɪs]
  • n. 痕迹;微量;踪迹
  • v. 追踪;描绘;找出根源
  • 记忆方法

    词源词根法
    词根-tract-拉,引→trace来自古法语tracier,寻找,追踪,来自通俗拉丁语*tractire,描绘,勾勒,来自拉丁语trahere,拉,拉出,来自PIE*dhragh,拉,拉出,移动,词源同draw,tract.引申诸相关词义。
      verb(动词)
      1. 找到,查出,发现
      2. 追查…的来源
      3. (根据事物的发展方式)查明…的起因(或源头),追溯
      4. 描绘…的发展方式
      5. (把透明纸覆盖在底样上)描摹
      6. 勾画出…的轮廓
      noun(名词)
      1. [ C or U ] 痕迹,踪迹
      2. [ C ] (利用电子仪器的)追踪,描记图
      3. [ C ] 微量,少许

    双解例句

    verb(动词)
    1. 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。

    2. 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。

    3. (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。

    4. 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。

    5. (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。

    6. 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。

    noun(名词)
    1. [ C or U ] 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。

    2. [ C ] (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。

    3. [ C ] 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。

    小知识

    A trace of something is just a hint or suggestion of it, a very small amount left behind — like the sad cookie crumbs at the bottom of an empty cookie jar.

    There are more meanings we can trace to this word trace. As a verb, trace means to follow the course or trail of something, sometimes even chasing or hunting it. It also means to draw or sketch over a picture on translucent “tracing paper.” So you could say that Sherlock Holmes traced criminals throughout London, following even the smallest traces of evidence and tracing copies of the villain's notes for his files.

    实用短语

    1. trace element

      稀有元素,

    2. trace elements

      微量元素,痕量元素,铬,微量元素B

    3. without a trace

      失踪现场,寻人密探组,无影无踪地,离去无痕

    4. trace contour

      等高线,描绘轮廓,等高线滤镜,轮廓追踪

    5. stack trace

      堆叠追踪,堆栈跟踪,栈踪迹

    6. trace route

      路由测试,追踪路由程序,路由追踪

    7. trace into

      跟踪到,单步跟踪,踪执行

    8. selberg trace formula

      塞尔伯格迹公式

    9. natchez trace parkway

      纳奇兹小道公路

    常用短语

    1. trace element

      [化]微量元素

    2. without a trace

      无影无踪地;渺无踪迹地,source:21世纪

    3. trace back

      追溯

    4. trace amount

      痕量;微量

    5. trace analysis

      痕量分析

    6. without trace

      不着痕迹地;了无踪迹地

    7. trace metal

      微量金属,痕量金属

    8. trace mineral

      微量无机物;矿物质

    9. trace out

      描绘出;探寻;轨迹为

    10. trace level

      痕迹量级

    11. trace gas

      微量气体;示踪气体

    12. tooth trace

      齿线

    13. stack trace

      堆叠追踪;堆栈踪迹

    14. trace fossil

      生痕化石;踪迹化石

    15. memory trace

      记忆痕迹

    单词用法

    单词解说1
    trace用作名词的基本意思是“痕迹,踪迹”,主要指人或物经过后留下的痕迹,如足迹、辙迹等;也指证明某事发生或影响过某人某物的痕迹,可以是可见的,也可以是可感觉到的。trace作此解时可用作不可数名词,也可用作可数名词。
    单词解说2
    trace还可作“微量”解,即少许,极小的量,可用于有形物,也可用于抽象事物,如某种情绪等。trace作“微量”解时可修饰另一名词作定语。trace与某些否定词或具有否定意义的词连用可表示强烈否定。
    单词扩展
    memory trace记忆痕迹

    同义词辨析

    pursue, follow, chase, hunt, trace, track, trail

    这些动词均含”跟随,追踪”之意。

    • pursue: 指坚持不懈、毫不动摇地紧跟、追赶某人、某物或某个事业。
    • follow: 普遍用词,含义最广,多指跟随起引导作用的人或物,跟随的动机可以是善意的,也可能是恶意的。
    • chase: 指快速追赶或决心追踪,褒义贬义均可用。
    • hunt: 原义为”追猎、猎取”,现用于指追捕或搜寻逃犯等。
    • trace: 指根据线索或足迹进行跟踪。用于抽象意义时指找到某事物的根源。
    • track: 指沿着人或动物留下的印迹或行迹追踪。
    • trail: 一般指跟踪追击。

    同义词

    seek  /  draw  /  duplicate  /  sketch  /  copy  /  track  /  follow  /  transcribe  /  bit  /  trail  /  reproduce

    同根词

    词根:trace

    adj.

    traceable起源于;可追踪的;可描绘的

    traced示踪的;摹写的

    n.

    tracing追踪;追查;描摹;摹图;显迹

    tracer[核] 示踪物;追踪者;描图者;(铁笔等)绘图工具

    v.

    tracing追踪(trace的ing形式)

    traced追溯(trace的过去分词);跟踪;摹写