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[treɪs]
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Conjugation : past traced ; ing tracing
Derivatives : n traceability ; n traceableness ; adj traceable ; adv traceably

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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

trace [treɪs]

1. noun [c] [of substance] (sign) 痕迹
2. noun [of person] 踪迹
3. noun a trace of (small amount) 微量的
4. vt. [+picture] (draw) 描摹
5. vt. (with finger) 勾画
6. vt. [+development] [ progress etc] (also： trace back) 追溯
7. vt. [+person] [ letter] (locate) 追踪
8. vt. [+cause] 探究

to vanish {or} disappear without trace

消失得无影无踪

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

trace [treɪs]

1. vt. 追溯……的发展过程，确定……的发展过程
2. vt. 画（线），描绘，画出……的轮廓
3. vt. 重走，追溯

We retraced the route we took last summer.

我们绕回了去年夏天我们走过的路。
4. vt. 追踪，追捕

The hunters traced the deer into the woods.

猎人们跟着那头鹿进了树林。
5. vt. 发现，找到

She traced the circumstances of her birth.

她描述她出生时的情景。
6. verb 沿着……走

The children traced along the edge of the dark forest.

孩子们沿着幽暗的森林边缘走。

The women traced the pasture.

这些妇女追逐着草场走。
7. vt. 拓印，描画，映描
8. vt. 解读，辨认

The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs.

考古学家追踪象形文字。
9. vt. 费力地写
10. n.[c] 轻微的痕迹

He speaks French with a trace of an accent.

他讲法语带有口音。
11. n.[c] 痕迹，残余

There wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim.

没有一丝证据支持那项索赔。
12. n.[c] 少许，少量
13. n.[c] [Drawing] 拓印，描画，映描
14. n.[c] 挽绳，缰绳
15. n.[c] 足迹，踪迹
16. n.[c] [Chemistry] 痕量，极少量
17. adjective 微量的

Collins English-English Dictionary

trace [treɪs]

1. n a mark or other sign that something has been in a place; vestige
2. n a tiny or scarcely detectable amount or characteristic
3. n a footprint or other indication of the passage of an animal or person
4. n any line drawn by a recording instrument or a record consisting of a number of such lines
5. n something drawn, such as a tracing
6. n [chiefly US] a beaten track or path
7. n the postulated alteration in the cells of the nervous system that occurs as the result of any experience or learning - See also memory trace engram
8. n [geometry] the intersection of a surface with a coordinate plane
9. n [maths] the sum of the diagonal entries of a square matrix
10. n [linguistics] a symbol inserted in the constituent structure of a sentence to mark the position from which a constituent has been moved in a generative process
11. n [meteorol] an amount of precipitation that is too small to be measured
12. n [Archaic] a way taken; route
13. vt. [tr] to follow, discover, or ascertain the course or development of (something)

to trace the history of China
14. vt. [tr] to track down and find, as by following a trail
15. vt. to copy (a design, map, etc) by drawing over the lines visible through a superimposed sheet of transparent paper or other material
16. vt. [tr; often foll by out] to draw or delineate a plan or diagram of

she spent hours tracing the models one at a time
17. vt. to outline or sketch (an idea, policy, etc)

he traced out his scheme for the robbery
18. vt. [tr] to decorate with tracery
19. vt. [tr] to imprint (a design) on cloth, etc
20. vt. [usually foll by back] to follow or be followed to source; date back

his ancestors trace back to the 16th century
21. vt. [Archaic] to make one's way over, through, or along (something)
22. vt. [Etymology] C13: from French tracier, from Vulgar Latin tractiare (unattested) to drag, from Latin tractus, from trahere to drag

trace [treɪs]

1. n either of the two side straps that connect a horse's harness to the swingletree
2. n [angling] a length of nylon or, formerly, gut attaching a hook or fly to a line
3. n [Etymology] C14 trais, from Old French trait, ultimately from Latin trahere to drag

See more results for trace in the Chinese-English Dictionary

Examples

to vanish {or} disappear without trace: 消失得无影无踪
The words on the sand will disappear without a trace when tide ebbed.: 退潮时，沙上的字会消失的无影无踪。
Without radio play, a record can disappear without a trace.: 没有广播剧的话，唱片会消失得无影无踪。
He was a tall German who spoke perfect English with only a slight trace of accent.: 他是个高个子德国人，讲一口漂亮的英语，只带一丁点口音。
The burglar fled the crime scene without a trace.: 这名窃贼没在现场留下任何痕迹就逃跑了。
There are two dotted versions which students can trace over.: 有两个带点的的版本可以供学生描出。
There wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim.: 没有一丝证据支持那项索赔。
He disappeared without a trace.: 他消失得无影无踪。; 30 more results

nciku Video Note

描 [miáo]

Scene：
描边 / tracing a picture
Examples：
描红，描眉，描图纸
Description：
描 means to copy a drawing by following the lines or letters as seen through a transparent superimposed sheet.