trail/treɪl/

vt

1. 拖；拉；拽

• I trailed my hands in the water as the boat drifted along. 小船漂流向前，我把手伸进水里让它拖着走。

2. 跟踪；追踪

• The dogs trailed the fox to its hole. 那群狗把狐狸追逼到了洞穴。

• trail an escaped prisoner 追踪逃犯

3. 跟随；落后于

• Reporters trail him constantly everywhere. 记者们如影随形地跟着他。

• trail one's colleagues 落后于同事

vi

1. 拖着…走；拖在…后面

• a bird trailing a broken wing 耷拉着一个断翅的鸟

2. 拖着脚走；没精打采地走

• The tired players trailed along behind their coach. 那些选手筋疲力尽，跟在教练后面没精打采地走着。

3. [常用进行式]跟随 落后

• trail at one's heels 跟在某人后边

• The party is trailing badly in the opinion polls. 该党在民意测验中遭受重大失利。

词组trail off (或away) 逐渐减弱；缩小