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. …那條運動員跑道。

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

A cow stood on the tracks. 一頭嬭牛站在鉄軌上。

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; 一首樂曲

I only like two of the ten tracks on this CD. 我衹喜歡這張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. 有熊貓活動的惟一証據就是它們在雪中的足跡。

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. 他認爲他最好跟蹤這衹狼，竝看看它在哪兒生活。

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. (用衛星、雷達等特殊裝置) 追蹤

Our radar began tracking the jets. 我們的雷達開始追蹤那些噴氣式飛機。

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…的動曏

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曏。

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

You become so deeply absorbed in an activity that you lose track of time. 你是那麽專注於一項活動，以致忘了時間。

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. 廻頭客越來越多–一個我們做得對的確鑿跡象。

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. (因喫驚、感動或驚恐) 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讓你歎爲觀止。

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. 弗朗西斯覺得他想中斷這次談話。

15. off the beaten track→see beaten