| 单词 | trace |
| 例句 | trace verb 1.•police hope to trace the owner of the vehicle:track down, find, discover, detect, unearth, turn up, hunt down, ferret out. 2.•she traced a pattern in the sand with her toe:draw, outline, mark, sketch. 3.•the analysis traces the origins of cowboy poetry:outline, map out, follow, sketch out, delineate, depict, show, indicate.▶noun 1.•no trace had been found of the runaways:vestige, sign, mark, indication, evidence, clue | trail, tracks, marks, prints, footprints, spoor | remains, remnant, relic. 2.•a trace of bitterness crept into her voice:bit, touch, hint, suggestion, suspicion, shadow, whiff | drop, dash, tinge, speck, shred, iota | smidgen, tad.CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD trace, remnant, track, trail, vestige You can follow the track of a deer in the snow, the trace of a sleigh, or the trail of someone who has just cut down a Christmas tree and is dragging it back to the car. A track is a line or a series of marks left by the passage of something or someone; it often refers specifically to a line of footprints or a path worn into the ground by the feet (•to follow the track of a grizzly bear). Trace may refer to a line or a rut made by someone or something that has been present or passed by; it may also refer to a mark serving as evidence that something has happened or been there (•traces of mud throughout the house; the telephoto shots have a trace of camera shake). Trail may refer to the track created by the passage of animals or people, or to the mark or marks left by something being dragged along a surface (•they followed the trail of the injured dog). Vestige and remnant come closer in meaning to trace, as they refer to what remains after something has passed away. A vestige is always slight when compared to what it recalls (•the last vestiges of a great civilization), while a remnant is a fragment or scrap of something (•all that remained of the historic tapestry after the fire was a few scorched remnants).These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word. |
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