traces

trace[ 'treisis ]

• n.
  • a just detectable amount

    "he speaks French with a trace of an accent"

    同义词：hintsuggestion

  • an indication that something has been present

    "there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim"

    同义词：vestigetinctureshadow

  • a suggestion of some quality

    同义词：touchghost

  • a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image

    同义词：tracing

  • either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree
  • a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle
• v.
  • follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something

    "trace the student's progress"

    同义词：follow

  • make a mark or lines on a surface

    "trace the outline of a figure in the sand"

    同义词：drawlinedescribedelineate

  • to go back over again

    "we retraced the route we took last summer"; "trace your path"

    同义词：retrace

  • pursue or chase relentlessly

    "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"

    同义词：houndhunt

  • discover traces of

    "She traced the circumstances of her birth"

  • make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along

    "The children traced along the edge of the dark forest"; "The women traced the pasture"

  • copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of

    "trace a design"; "trace a pattern"

  • read with difficulty

    "The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs"

    同义词：decipher