trail
noun/treɪl/
Слово англійською: trail
Переклад trail українською: сте́жка, слід, туристи́чна тра́са
Детальний опис
- a long line or series of marks that is left by somebody/something
- a trail of blood
- tourists who leave a trail of litter everywhere they go
- The hurricane left a trail of destruction behind it.
- a track, sign or smell that is left behind and that can be followed, especially in hunting
- The hounds were following the fox's trail.
- on the trail of somebody/something The police are still on the trail of the escaped prisoner.
- Fortunately the trail was still warm (= clear and easy to follow).
- The trail had gone cold.
Wordfindersee also vapour trail- chase
- falconry
- game
- hunt
- open season
- pack
- poach
- prey
- safari
- trail
- a path through the countryside
- a trail through the forest
- a route that is followed for a particular purpose
- a tourist trail (= of famous buildings)
- politicians on the campaign trail (= travelling around to attract support)
see also audit trail, paper trail
Word OriginMiddle English (as a verb): from Old French traillier ‘to tow’, or Middle Low German treilen ‘haul a boat’, based on Latin tragula ‘dragnet’, from trahere ‘to pull’. Compare with trawl. The noun originally denoted the train of a robe, later generalized to denote something trailing.
Idioms
blaze a trail
- to be the first to do or to discover something that others follow
- The department is blazing a trail in the field of laser surgery.
hit the road/trail
- (informal) to start a journey
- The following spring I hit the road.
hot on somebody’s/something’s tracks/trail
- (informal) close to catching or finding the person or thing that you have been running after or searching for