trace
English → Chinese
noun//treɪs//
(amount) 微量:极小的数量或痕迹,通常指刚好能被检测到的程度;踪迹
The lab results showed a trace of lead in the city's drinking water supply.
(Chinese) 实验室结果显示该市的饮用水供应中含有微量的铅。
The fugitive disappeared without a trace, leaving the investigators with no clues.
(Chinese) 逃犯消失得无影无踪,给调查人员没留下任何线索。
verb//treɪs//
(search) 追溯:寻找或确定某事物的来源、历史背景或发展过程;查出
Historians managed to trace the ancient manuscript back to a monastery in tenth-century Tibet.
(Chinese) 历史学家成功地将这份古代手稿追溯到十世纪西藏的一座修道院。
The cybersecurity team tried to trace the source of the hacking attack to a server in Europe.
(Chinese) 网络安全团队试图将黑客攻击的源头追踪到位于欧洲的一台服务器。
Entry ID: en:zh:trace · Source: refined · Type: vocabulary