verb

trace

翻译

追踪, 追溯, 描摹

Police are trying to trace the call.

警方正试图追踪这通电话。

She traced the map for her project.

她为她的项目描摹了地图。

((sth.)) 通过调查找到或发现（某事）。 The police traced the thief to his home.

((sth.)) ((back to sth.)) 追溯（某事）的起源。 She traced her family history back to the 16th century.

((sth.)) 通过在上面描画来复制（图画、地图等）。 He traced the outline of the house.

同义词: follow, track, pursue (追踪); copy, sketch (描摹)

源自古法语 'tracier'，来自拉丁语 'trahere'，意为“拉，画”。

想象一下，在地图上描画一条线来寻找一个地方，或者描摹一幅画来复制它。