寻踪觅迹:trace一词该怎么用
【电影台词】
So have you searched the grounds yet? - The warden and his men scoured the island,
not a trace.
What's more disturbing is, we don't know how she got out of her room.
——Shutter Island
所以,你搜查的理由呢? - 监狱长和他的男人们在这个岛,
不是痕迹。
更令人不安的是,我们不知道她怎么离开她的房间。
——《禁闭岛》
一、关于trace,你应该知道的用法有
n.
1.痕迹;踪迹
Only his hair showed the real trace of years.
岁月只在他头发上留下了痕迹。
2.微量
The post-mortem revealed traces of poison in his stomach.
验尸发现他胃中有微量毒物。
3.[仪] 迹线
The trace showed a normal heart rhythm.
迹线表明心率正常。
v.
1.追溯;回溯 [I,T]
His family can trace its history back to the 10th century.
他的家世渊源可追溯到10世纪。
2.跟踪,追踪 [T]
We traced the footsteps in the snow.
我们跟踪雪地上的足迹。
3.描绘 [I,T]
He traced the plan of the garden.
他描绘了花园的蓝图。
4.探索,查探 [T]
It is interesting to trace his development as a craftsman.
探索他作为一个手艺人的成长过程是很有趣的。
5.沿路走 [I]
He traced the steps to the pond.
他沿着台阶一直走到池塘。
二、你知道trace和哪些词更搭吗?
memory trace
记忆痕
trace element
n.[化]痕量元素,微量元素
trace program
跟踪程序,追踪程序,示踪程序
学会trace的用法了吗?来做个测试吧!
They then try to______ through every piece of data linked through those.
然后它们尝试去追踪通过这些数据连接到每一块数据。