及物动词

名词

1. 追溯;查考;探索
If you trace the origin or development of something, you find out or describe how it started or developed.

2. 查出;探出;找到
If you trace someone or something, you find them after looking for them.

3. (用手指或脚尖等在表面上)勾画…的轮廓，描绘，勾勒
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.

4. (把透明纸覆盖在底样上)映描，描摹
If you trace a picture, you copy it by covering it with a piece of transparent paper and drawing over the lines underneath.

5. 少许;微量
A trace of something is a very small amount of it.

6. 痕迹;遗迹;踪迹;足迹
A trace is a sign which shows you that someone or something has been in a place.

7. 销声匿迹;迅速沉寂
If you say that someone or something sinks without trace or sinks without a trace, you mean that they stop existing or stop being successful very suddenly and completely.

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