transcription, транскрипция: [ treɪl ]
( trails, trailing, trailed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A trail is a rough path across open country or through forests.
He was following a broad trail through the trees.
= track
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2.
A trail is a route along a series of paths or roads, often one that has been planned and marked out for a particular purpose.
...a large area of woodland with hiking and walking trails.
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3.
A trail is a series of marks or other signs of movement or other activities left by someone or something.
Everywhere in the house was a sticky trail of orange juice...
N-COUNT : usu sing , oft N of n
4.
If you trail someone or something, you follow them secretly, often by finding the marks or signs that they have left.
Two detectives were trailing him...
I trailed her to a shop in Kensington.
= follow
VERB : V n , V n prep / adv
5.
You can refer to all the places that a politician visits in the period before an election as their campaign trail .
During a recent speech on the campaign trail, he was interrupted by hecklers.
N-COUNT : n N
6.
If you trail something or it trails , it hangs down loosely behind you as you move along.
She came down the stairs slowly, trailing the coat behind her...
He let his fingers trail in the water.
VERB : V n , V prep
7.
If someone trails somewhere, they move there slowly, without any energy or enthusiasm, often following someone else.
He trailed through the wet Manhattan streets...
VERB : V adv / prep
8.
If a person or team in a sports match or other contest is trailing , they have a lower score than their opponents.
He scored again, leaving Dartford trailing 3-0 at the break...
The polls showed the Tories trailing behind the Government by 17 per cent.
VERB : usu cont , V amount , V behind n
9.
If you are on the trail of a person or thing, you are trying hard to find them or find out about them.
The police were hot on his trail...
PHRASE : usu v-link PHR
10.
to blaze a trail: see blaze
see also nature trail , paper trail