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trace

[treis]

n.痕跡, 微量, 蹤跡 
v.追蹤, 描繪, 找出根源

例句與用法：

The cause of the fire was traced to a faulty fuse-box.

起火的原因已查出是因保險絲盒中有短路。

He traced his signature laboriously.

他吃力地簽上自己的名字。

He traces his descent back to an old norman family.

他追蹤自己的世繫上溯至一個古老的諾曼家族。

Her fear of water can be traced back to a childhood accident.

她很怕水，起因可歸於兒時的一次事故。

Did the police find any trace of the murderer?

警方找到兇手的行蹤了嗎？

I can't trace that letter you sent me.

我找不到你寄給我的那封信。

The family can trace its history to the 17th century.

這個家族的歷史可以追溯到十七世紀。

詞形變化：

形容詞: traceable | 副詞: traceably | 名詞: traceability | 動詞過去式: traced | 動詞過去分詞: traced | 動詞現在分詞: tracing | 動詞第三人稱單數: traces |

英文解釋:

名詞 trace:

a just detectable amount

同義詞：hint, suggestion

an indication that something has been present

同義詞：vestige, tincture, shadow

a suggestion of some quality

同義詞：touch, ghost

a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image

同義詞：tracing

either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree

a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle

動詞 trace:

follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something

同義詞：follow

make a mark or lines on a surface

同義詞：draw, line, describe, delineate

to go back over again

同義詞：retrace

pursue or chase relentlessly

同義詞：hound, hunt

discover traces of

make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along

copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of

read with difficulty

同義詞：decipher

以上來源於大辭典