新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

track

英 [træk]

[NOUN, VERB]

词汇频率：

NOUN. 名词

tracks
1. [C 可数名词] （崎岖不平的）小路
A track is a rough, unpaved road or path.
近义词
path
双语例句
例：
We set off once more, over a rough mountain track.
我们沿着一条崎岖不平的山间小路再次出发了。
2. [C 可数名词] 跑道
A track is a piece of ground, often oval-shaped, that is used for races involving running, cars, bicycles, horses, or dogs called greyhounds.
双语例句
例：
the athletics track.
田径跑道。
3. [C 可数名词] 铁轨
Railway tracks are the rails that a train travels along.
双语例句
例：
A cow stood on the tracks.
一头奶牛站在铁轨上。
4. [C 可数名词] （录制在CD、唱片或磁带上的）一首歌曲 , 一首乐曲
A track is one of the songs or pieces of music on a CD, record, or tape.
双语例句
例：
I only like two of the ten tracks on this CD.
我只喜欢这张CD上10首歌曲中的两首。
5. [PL 复数] 足迹
Tracks are marks left in the ground by the feet of animals or people.
双语例句
例：
The only evidence of pandas was their tracks in the snow.
有熊猫活动的唯一证据就是它们留在雪地上的足迹。

PHRASAL VERB. 短语动词

track down
1. [PHRASAL 短语] （经过长时间艰难搜索后）找到
If you track down someone or something, you find them, or find information about them, after a difficult or long search.
双语例句
例：
She had spent years trying to track down her parents.
她已经花了多年的时间试图找到她的父母。

PHRASE. 习语

keep track
1. 了解…的动向
If you keep track of a situation or a person, you make sure that you have the newest and most accurate information about them all the time.
双语例句
例：
With eleven thousand employees, it's very difficult to keep track of them all.
对于一支1.1万人的员工队伍，很难了解他们所有人的动向。
lose track of
1. 不了解…的进展
If you lose track of someone or something, you no longer know where they are or what is happening.
双语例句
例：
You become so deeply absorbed in an activity that you lose track of time.
你那么专注于一项活动，以致忘了时间。
on track
1. 步入正轨
If someone or something is on track, they are acting or progressing in a way that is likely to result in success.
双语例句
例：
It may take some time to get the economy back on track.
可能要花一些时间使经济重回正轨。
on the right track , on the wrong track
1. 循着正确的路线/循着错误的路线
If you are on the right track, you are acting or progressing in a way that is likely to result in success. If you are on the wrong track, you are acting or progressing in a way that is likely to result in failure.
双语例句
例：
Guests are returning in increasing numbers – a sure sign that we are on the right track.
回头客越来越多——这显然证明我们的路走对了。
stop dead in your tracks
1. （因吃惊、感动或惊恐）突然停住脚步
If someone or something stops you in your tracks, or if you stop dead in your tracks, you suddenly stop moving because you are very surprised, impressed, or frightened.
双语例句
例：
This magnificent church cannot fail to stop you in your tracks.
这座宏伟的教堂一定会让你叹为观止。
stop in its tracks , stop dead in its tracks
1. 中断
If someone or something stops a process or activity in its tracks, or if it stops dead in its tracks, they prevent the process or activity from continuing.
双语例句
例：
Francis felt he would like to stop this conversation in its tracks.
弗朗西斯觉得他想中断这次谈话。

VERB. 动词

tracks , tracking , tracked
1. [T 及物动词] 跟踪
If you track animals or people, you try to follow them by looking for the signs that they have left behind, for example, the marks left by their feet.
双语例句
例：
He thought he had better track this wolf and see where it lived.
他认为他最好跟踪这只狼，看看它住在哪儿。
2. [T 及物动词] （用卫星、雷达等特殊装置）追踪
To track someone or something means to follow their movements by means of a special device, such as a satellite or radar.
双语例句
例：
Our radar began tracking the jets.
我们的雷达开始追踪那些喷气式飞机。