track

1. N-COUNT A track is a rough, unpaved road or path. (崎嶇不平的) 小路

We set off once more, over a rough mountain track. 我們又一次出發(fā)了，走在一條崎嶇不平的山間小路上。

2. N-COUNT A track is a piece of ground, often oval-shaped, that is used for races involving running, cars, bicycles, horses, or dogs called greyhounds. 跑道

...the athletics track. …那條運(yùn)動(dòng)員跑道。

3. N-COUNT Railway tracks are the rails that a train travels along. 鐵軌

A cow stood on the tracks. 一頭奶牛站在鐵軌上。

4. N-COUNT A track is one of the songs or pieces of music on a CD, record, or tape. (錄制在CD、唱片或磁帶上的) 一首歌曲; 一首樂(lè)曲

I only like two of the ten tracks on this CD. 我只喜歡這張CD上的10首歌曲中的2首。

5. N-PLURAL Tracks are marks left in the ground by the feet of animals or people. 足跡

The only evidence of pandas was their tracks in the snow. 有熊貓活動(dòng)的惟一證據(jù)就是它們?cè)谘┲械淖阚E。

6. V-T 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. 跟蹤

He thought he had better track this wolf and see where it lived. 他認(rèn)為他最好跟蹤這只狼，并看看它在哪兒生活。

7. V-T To track someone or something means to follow their movements by means of a special device, such as a satellite or radar. (用衛(wèi)星、雷達(dá)等特殊裝置) 追蹤

Our radar began tracking the jets. 我們的雷達(dá)開(kāi)始追蹤那些噴氣式飛機(jī)。

8. →see also fast track , racetrack , soundtrack

9. PHRASE 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. 了解…的動(dòng)向

With eleven thousand employees, it's very difficult to keep track of them all. 有11000名員工，很難了解他們所有人的動(dòng)向。

10. PHRASE If you lose track of someone or something, you no longer know where they are or what is happening. 不了解…的進(jìn)展

You become so deeply absorbed in an activity that you lose track of time. 你是那么專(zhuān)注于一項(xiàng)活動(dòng)，以致忘了時(shí)間。

11. PHRASE If someone or something is on track, they are acting or progressing in a way that is likely to result in success. 步入正軌

12. PHRASE 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. 做得正確/不正確

Guests are returning in increasing numbers – a sure sign that we are on the right track. 回頭客越來(lái)越多–一個(gè)我們做得對(duì)的確鑿跡象。

13. PHRASE 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. (因吃驚、感動(dòng)或驚恐) 突然停住腳步

This magnificent church cannot fail to stop you in your tracks. 這座宏偉的教堂一定會(huì)讓你嘆為觀止。

14. PHRASE 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. 中斷

Francis felt he would like to stop this conversation in its tracks. 弗朗西斯覺(jué)得他想中斷這次談話。

15. off the beaten track→see beaten