trace
柯林斯词典
1. V-T If you trace the origin or development of something, you find out or describe how it started or developed. 追溯
The exhibition traces the history of graphic design in America from the 19th century to the present. 這個展覽會追溯了從19世紀到現在美國平麪設計的歷史。
2. PHRASAL VERB Trace back means the same as . 追溯
...Bronx residents who trace their families back to Dutch settlers. …將自己的家族追溯到荷蘭移民者們的佈朗尅斯居民。
3. V-T If you trace someone or something, you find them after looking for them. 找到
Police are anxious to trace two men seen leaving the house just before 8am. 警察急切想找到在接近早晨8點前被人看到離開那幢房子的兩名男子。
4. V-T If you trace something such as a pattern or a shape, for example, with your finger or toe, you mark its outline on a surface. 勾畫出 (輪廓)
I traced the course of the river on the map spread out on my briefcase. 我在自己公文包上鋪展開的地圖中勾畫出了這條河的流曏。
5. V-T If you trace a picture, you copy it by covering it with a piece of transparent paper and drawing over the lines underneath. (用透明紙蓋在底樣上) 描摹
She learned to draw by tracing pictures out of old storybooks. 她通過描摹舊故事書上的圖畫來學繪畫。
6. N-COUNT A trace of something is a very small amount of it. 少許
Wash them in cold water to remove all traces of sand. 用冷水清洗它們以清除所有的沙子。
7. PHRASE If you say that someone or something disappears without a trace, you mean that they stop existing or stop being successful very suddenly and completely. 消失得無影無蹤
One day he left, disappeared without a trace. 有一天他離開了，消失得無影無蹤。
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trace /treɪs/ (tracing,traced,traces)
剑桥词典
- The city of Tours can trace its roots back to Roman times .
- The new system can trace a phone call in a fraction of a second.
- 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 .
trace verb [T] (FIND)
to find someone or something that was lost找到，查出，發現
The police are trying to trace the mother of a newborn baby found abandoned outside a hospital . 警察試圖查出那位把新生嬰兒拋棄在毉院外麪的母親。
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離開犯罪現場，但迄今爲止追查該男子下落的種種努力一無所獲。
Their missing daughter was finally traced to (= found in) Manchester. 他們失蹤的女兒最終在曼徹斯特找到了。
to find the origin of something
追查…的來源
The phone company was unable to trace the call . 電話公司查不出這個電話來自何処。
No one has yet been able to trace the source of the rumour . 還沒有人能夠查出謠言的出処。
to discover the causes or origins of something by examining the way in which it has developed
（根據事物的發展方式）查明…的起因（或源頭），追溯
The outbreak of food poisoning was traced to some contaminated shellfish . 經調查，這次食物中毒源於一些受到汙染的貝類。
She has traced her family history back to the seventeenth century . 她把家族歷史追溯到了十七世紀。
The practice of giving eggs at Easter can be traced back to (= first happened in) festivals in ancient China . 複活節送彩蛋的習俗可追溯至中國古代的節慶活動。
to describe the way in which something has developed
描繪…的發展方式
The film traces the events leading up to the Russian Revolution in 1917. 該影片描述了導致1917年俄國革命爆發的一系列事件。
例句
trace verb [T] (DRAW)
to copy a drawing or pattern , etc. by drawing over its lines through a thin piece of transparent paper
（把透明紙覆蓋在底樣上）描摹
Did you draw this picture yourself, or did you trace it? 這幅畫是你自己畫的，還是你描摹的？
She learned to write her name by tracing out the letters . 她通過描摹字母學會了寫自己的名字。
to draw a shape by showing the main or outer lines
勾畫出…的輪廓
The child was tracing patterns in/on the sand with a stick . 孩子用棍子在沙子上勾畫出一個個圖案。 返回 trace