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 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++

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ldoce_904_etrack1 /træk/ ●●● S2 W2 noun  1  path/road 小径/道路 [countable]SGROAD/PATH a narrow path or road with a rough uneven surface, especially one made by people or animals frequently moving through the same place 〔路面起伏不平的，尤指踩踏出来的〕小道，小路，小径 The road leading to the farm was little more than a dirt track. 只有一条烂泥小路通往农场。 The track led through dense forest. 小径穿过茂密的森林。 a steep mountain track 陡峭的山路 →4  See picture on 见图 Page A4 Country 乡间2  MARKS ON GROUND 地上的痕迹tracks [plural]MARK a line of marks left on the ground by a moving person, animal, or vehicle 〔人、兽等的〕足迹，痕迹；〔车辆的〕车辙 We followed the tyre tracks across a muddy field. 我们顺着车辙穿过一块泥泞的田地。 The tracks, which looked like a fox’s, led into the woods. 这些足迹看着像是狐狸留下的，一直通向树林里。3  for racing 用于比赛 [countable]DS a circular course around which runners, cars etc race, which often has a specially prepared surface 跑道 To run a mile, you have to run four circuits of the track. 跑一英里要绕跑道四圈。 → dirt track(2)4  train 火车 a) TTT[countable, uncountable] the two metal lines along which trains travel 〔铁路的〕轨道，铁轨 SYN railway line The track was damaged in several places. 铁轨有几处毁损。n That particular section of track was laid last year. b) [countable] American English the particular track that a train leaves from or arrives at 〔火车站的〕站台 The train for Boston is leaving from track 2. 开往波士顿的列车即将从2号站台发车。5  be on the right/wrong track CORRECTWRONG/INCORRECTto think in a way that is likely to lead to a correct or incorrect result 思路正确/错误 We’ve had the initial test results and it looks as though we’re on the right track. 我们有了初步的试验结果，看起来我们的思路是正确的。6  keep/lose track of somebody/something KNOW somethingto pay attention to someone or something, so that you know where they are or what is happening to them, or to fail to do this 了解/不了解某人的情况/某事的动态 It’s difficult to keep track of all the new discoveries in genetics. 很难做到随时了解遗传学的全部最新发现。 I just lost all track of time. 我根本不知道时间。7  music/song 音乐/歌曲 [countable]APM one of the songs or pieces of music on an album (=collection of songs or pieces of music) 〔唱片、录音带或激光唱片上的〕歌曲；曲子 There’s a great Miles Davis track on side two. 在第二面有迈尔斯•戴维斯的一首名曲。► see thesaurus at music8. stop/halt (dead) in your tracks STOP MOVINGto suddenly stop, especially because something has frightened or surprised you 〔尤指因惊吓而〕突然停下9  cover your tracks HIDE/MAKE IT HARD TO FIND OR SEEto be careful not to leave any signs that could let people know where you have been or what you have done because you want to keep it a secret, usually because it is illegal 掩盖[隐匿]自己的行踪，隐匿自己的活动 He tried to cover his tracks by burning all the documents. 他烧毁了所有的文件，试图掩盖自己的所作所为。10  sport 体育运动 [uncountable] American English a) DSOsport that involves running on a track 径赛运动 The next year he didn’t run track or play football. 第二年他没有参加径赛运动，也没有踢美式足球。 b) DSOall the sports in an athletics competition such as running, jumping, or throwing the javelin 田径运动 a famous track star 田径明星 She went out for track in the spring (=she joined the school’s track team). 她在春季加入了学校的田径队。11  be on track spokenPROBABLY to be likely to achieve the result you want 有可能获得〔想要的结果〕 We’re still on track for 10% growth. 我们仍然有可能达到10%的增长率。12  get off the track spokenCHANGE FROM ONE THING TO ANOTHER to begin to deal with a new subject rather than the main one which was being discussed 偏离正题，离题 Don’t get off the track, we’re looking at this year’s figures not last year’s. 别离题，我们是在说今年的数字，而不是去年的。13  be on the track of somebody/something LOOK FORto hunt or search for someone or something 追踪[追寻]某人/某物 Police are on the track of the bank robbers. 警方正在追踪银行劫匪。14  make tracks spokenLEAVE A PLACE used to say you must leave a place 离去 It’s time we started making tracks. 我们该走了。15  direction 方向 [countable]LINE the direction or line taken by something as it moves 〔物体移动的〕方向，路径，所经路线track of islands that lie in the track of North Atlantic storms 位于北大西洋风暴路径上的岛屿16. on a vehicle 在车辆上 [countable]TT a continuous metal band that goes over the wheels of a vehicle such as a bulldozer, allowing it to move over uneven ground 〔推土机等的〕履带 → off the beaten track at beaten(1), → one-track mind, → be from the wrong side of the tracks at wrong1(18)

Examples from the Corpus

track• an eight-track tape• college-track classes• You find out how tracks are determined, and if it seems unfair, question the system.• It can help some to keep track of what is going on if they have others to help them.• He ate rice and a fried egg three times a day, keeping track of the days by counting the meals.• A narrow track leads from the road to the cabins.• Whenever you hear one of these figures you are on track, so make sure then that your heading is correct.• Yet this time he was finally on the right track.• One of the heaviest performers at the seaside track, Between Times was floundering after a slow start.• The track was only wide enough for one car.• train tracks• The land is now part of the Bay Meadow thoroughbred racing complex and is used as a training track.• I really like the first two tracks on this album.dirt track• Devshi bhai took his group along a dirt track to our left.• We cycled into the small village of Noul Roman along a dirt track.• They turned into a dirt track flanked by very young gum trees.• In the morning, we motored along dirt tracks to the deserted ruins of Dainzu and Mitla.• The private dirt track led directly to it.• We follow the dirt track that meanders with it.• During the monsoon, the dirt track which connects McLeod Ganj with Dharamsala lower down the valley turns into sludge.• He ran through the gate, down the lane and across to the dirt track faster and faster, leaping and jumping.run track• Sports were very important to the father, who himself had played football and basketball and had run track in high school.• He is this quick: He ran track in high school, even at 6-foot-3 and 200 pounds.• Four army lorries, each carrying one condemned man, drove round the running track.track of• the track of the asteroid through space

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track2 ●○○ verb  1  search 搜寻 [transitive]FOLLOW to search for a person or animal by following the marks they leave behind them on the ground, their smell etc 追踪，〔循着踪迹、气味等〕找寻 Police have been tracking the four criminals all over Central America. 警方一直在中美洲到处追捕这四名罪犯。track somebody to something The dogs tracked the wolf to its lair. 那群狗循着狼的足迹一直追到它的巢穴。► see thesaurus at follow2  development 进展 [transitive] to record or study the behaviour or development of someone or something over time 跟踪〔表现或进展情况〕 The progress of each student is tracked by computer. 每个学生的进度都由电脑进行跟踪。3  aircraft/ship 飞机/轮船 [transitive]TEETT to follow the movements of an aircraft or ship by using radar 〔用雷达〕跟踪，追 a tracking station 跟踪站4. camera 摄像机 [intransitive + in/out]TCB to move a film or television camera away from or towards a scene in order to follow the action that you are recording 〔用电影或电视摄像机〕跟踪拍摄5. school 学校 [transitive] American EnglishSES to put schoolchildren in groups according to their ability 把〔学生〕按能力分组 SYN British English stream6  mark 印迹 [transitive] American EnglishLINE to leave behind a track of something such as mud or dirt when you walk 留下…的痕迹 Which of you boys tracked mud all over the kitchen floor? 你们这些男孩，是谁把厨房地上踩得到处都是泥巴？7 track somebody/something ↔ down phrasal verb FINDto find someone or something that is difficult to find by searching or looking for information in several different places 追踪到，追查到 I finally managed to track down the book you wanted in a shop near the station. 我终于在车站附近的一家店里找到了你想要的那本书。 Detectives had tracked her down in California. 侦探们在加利福尼亚追查到了她。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

track• Easy Project is an efficient method of planning, tracking and controlling all types of projects.• The index tracks changes in what companies and governments pay workers, including wages, salaries and benefits.• Stanton later managed to free himself, called police and told them his stolen car was equipped with a tracking device.• Like Nancy Drew, I track down clues, try to figure things out, look carefully at evidence, examine motives.• I eventually tracked down the ward sister, who was wrestling with an intravenous drip that had collapsed.• The abolition of exchange controls has made it harder to track flows of cash in and out of the country.• It begs the question of what pictures will be sacrificed in order to track Sanders.• Berstein was still in Florida tracking the four Miami men.Origin track1 (1400-1500) Old French trac

track1 noun →10-16
track2 verbLDOCE OnlineChinese  

path or road a a narrow surface, with Corpus rough uneven

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track¹ S2 W2 /træk/ noun1.  PATH/ROAD  [countable] a narrow path or road with a rough uneven surface, especially one made by people or animals frequently moving through the same place:
    The road leading to the farm was little more than a dirt track.
    The track led through dense forest.
    a steep mountain track
2.  MARKS ON GROUND tracks [plural] a line of marks left on the ground by a moving person, animal, or vehicle:
    We followed the tyre tracks across a muddy field.
    The tracks, which looked like a fox’s, led into the woods.
3.  FOR RACING  [countable] a circular course around which runners, cars etc race, which often has a specially prepared surface:
    To run a mile, you have to run four circuits of the track. ⇨ dirt track(2)
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   TRAIN .nbsp;[countable]
  a. the two metal lines along which trains travel
   SYN  railway line:
    The track was damaged in several places.
  b. American English the particular track that a train leaves from or arrives at:
    The train for Boston is leaving from track 2.
5. be on the right/wrong track to think in a way that is likely to lead to a correct or incorrect result:
    We’ve had the initial test results and it looks as though we’re on the right track.
6. keep/lose track of somebody/something to pay attention to someone or something, so that you know where they are or what is happening to them, or to fail to do this:
    It’s difficult to keep track of all the new discoveries in genetics.
    I just lost all track of time.
7.  MUSIC/SONG  [countable] one of the songs or pieces of music on a record, cassette, or CD:
    There’s a great Miles Davis track on side two.
8. stop/halt (dead) in your tracks to suddenly stop, especially because something has frightened or surprised you
9. cover your tracks to be careful not to leave any signs that could let people know where you have been or what you have done because you want to keep it a secret, usually because it is illegal:
    He tried to cover his tracks by burning all the documents.
10.  SPORT  [uncountable] American English
  a. sport that involves running on a track:
    The next year he didn’t run track or play football.
  b. all the sports in an athletics competition such as running, jumping, or throwing the javelin:
    a famous track star
    She went out for track in the spring (=she joined the school’s track team).
11. be on track spoken to be likely to achieve the result you want:
    We’re still on track for 10% growth.
12. get off the track spoken to begin to deal with a new subject rather than the main one which was being discussed:
    Don’t get off the track, we’re looking at this year’s figures not last year’s.
13. be on the track of somebody/something to hunt or search for someone or something:
    Police are on the track of the bank robbers.
14. make tracks spoken used to say you must leave a place:
    It’s time we started making tracks.
15.  DIRECTION  [countable] the direction or line taken by something as it moves
    track of
    islands that lie in the track of North Atlantic storms
16.  ON A VEHICLE  [countable] a continuous metal band that goes over the wheels of a vehicle such as a bulldozer, allowing it to move over uneven ground
⇨ off the beaten track at beaten(1), ⇨ one-track mind, ⇨ be from the wrong side of the tracks at wrong¹(17)

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track² verb
1.  SEARCH  [transitive] to search for a person or animal by following the marks they leave behind them on the ground, their smell etc:
    Police have been tracking the four criminals all over Central America.
    track somebody to something
    The dogs tracked the wolf to its lair.
2.  DEVELOPMENT  [transitive] to record or study the behaviour or development of someone or something over time:
    The progress of each student is tracked by computer.
3.  AIRCRAFT/SHIP  [transitive] to follow the movements of an aircraft or ship by using radar:
    a tracking station
4.  CAMERA  [intransitive + in/out] to move a film or television camera away from or towards a scene in order to follow the action that you are recording
5.  SCHOOL  [transitive] American English to put schoolchildren in groups according to their ability
   SYN  stream British English
6.  MARK  [transitive] American English to leave behind a track of something such as mud or dirt when you walk:
    Which of you boys tracked mud all over the kitchen floor?
     
track somebody/something ↔ down phrasal verb
  to find someone or something that is difficult to find by searching or looking for information in several different places:
    I finally managed to track down the book you wanted in a shop near the station.
    Detectives had tracked her down in California.
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ follow to walk, drive etc behind or after someone, for example in order to see where they are going: The man had followed her home to find out where she lived. | Follow that car! | He hired a detective to follow her.
   ▪ chase to quickly run or drive after someone or something in order to catch them when they are trying to escape: Police chased the car along the motorway at speeds of up to 90 mph.
   ▪ run after somebody/go after somebody to quickly follow someone or something in order to stop them or talk to them: I ran after him to say sorry, but he’d already got on the bus.
   ▪ stalk /stɔːk $ stɒːk/ to secretly follow an animal in order to kill it, or to secretly follow a person in order to attack them: a tiger stalking its prey | He had a long history of stalking women in his neighbourhood.
   ▪ pursue /pəˈsjuː $ pərˈsuː/ written to chase someone in a very determined way: The ship was being pursued by enemy submarines.
   ▪ give chase written to chase someone or something who is trying to escape from you: One of the officers gave chase and arrested the man. | The calf ran away and the lion gave chase.
   ▪ tail to secretly follow someone in order to watch what they do and where they go: Apparently, the police had been tailing the terrorists for months.
   ▪ track to follow and find a person or animal by looking at the marks they leave on the ground: The bushmen were tracking antelope in the Kalahari desert.