track

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

We set off once more, over a rough mountain track. 我们又一次出发了，走在一条崎岖不平的山间小路上。

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. …那条运动员跑道。

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

A cow stood on the tracks. 一头奶牛站在铁轨上。

4. N-COUNT A track is one of the songs or pieces of music on a CD, record, or tape. (录制在CD、唱片或磁带上的) 一首歌曲; 一首乐曲

I only like two of the ten tracks on this CD. 我只喜欢这张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. 足迹

The only evidence of pandas was their tracks in the snow. 有熊猫活动的惟一证据就是它们在雪中的足迹。

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. 跟踪

He thought he had better track this wolf and see where it lived. 他认为他最好跟踪这只狼，并看看它在哪儿生活。

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. (用卫星、雷达等特殊装置) 追踪

Our radar began tracking the jets. 我们的雷达开始追踪那些喷气式飞机。

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…的动向

With eleven thousand employees, it's very difficult to keep track of them all. 有11000名员工，很难了解他们所有人的动向。

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

You become so deeply absorbed in an activity that you lose track of time. 你是那么专注于一项活动，以致忘了时间。

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

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. 做得正确/不正确

Guests are returning in increasing numbers – a sure sign that we are on the right track. 回头客越来越多–一个我们做得对的确凿迹象。

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. (因吃惊、感动或惊恐) 突然停住脚步

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。

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. 中断

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。

15. off the beaten track→see beaten