retrace
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++re·trace /rɪˈtreɪs, riː-/ verb [transitive] 1 retrace your steps/path/route etc to go back exactly the way you have come 顺原路返回，折返 After a few minutes, he turned around and began to retrace his steps. 几分钟后，他转身顺着原路返回。2 AGAINto repeat exactly the same journey that someone else has made 重走〔别人走过的旅程〕 We shall be retracing the route taken by Marco Polo. 我们将重走马可·波罗走过的路线。3 FIND OUTto find out where someone went 追查〔某人的行迹〕 an investigation to retrace the dead man’s last known movements 弄清死者最后行踪的调查→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
retrace• As he retraced his steps of the past day avoiding streets and roads, he stayed alert to the sounds around him.• At the bottom end he could go no further, and so retraced his steps.• In the soft evening light, I retraced my steps back to town, soothed by the songs of blackbirds and chaffinches.• They moved on quickly, for they would have to retrace part of their way to make Ivrigar before nightfall.• Shiona gathered up her pyjamas and headed for the bathroom, her mind retracing the events of the night.• I parked at Ala Wai School, retracing the path from the playground through the park toward the canal.• Riders can retrace the trail taken by Chief Big Foot to the battle site.• For weeks he lay flat in his canoe while friends retraced their way back with him to Lake Michigan.re·trace verbChineseSyllable
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retrace
re‧trace /rɪˈtreɪs, riː-/
verb [transitive]
1. retrace your steps/path/route etc to go back exactly the way you have come:
After a few minutes, he turned around and began to retrace his steps.
2. to repeat exactly the same journey that someone else has made:
We shall be retracing the route taken by Marco Polo.
3. to find out where someone went:
an investigation to retrace the dead man’s last known movements
re‧trace /rɪˈtreɪs, riː-/
verb [transitive]1. retrace your steps/path/route etc to go back exactly the way you have come:
2. to repeat exactly the same journey that someone else has made:
3. to find out where someone went: