Trail这个词很有意思,如果对于trail作为动词不了解,那知道trailer(拖车)就好了。”trailing former President Trump in Iowa and New Hampshire”,trail作为动词,它指的是落后于,就像拖车(trailer)一样,跟在别人的屁股后。
trail作为名词的本义,是“踪迹”,比如雪地上留下的脚印,小路上留下的气味,楼道里留下的血迹,顺着这些线索都可能找到谁路过这里。飞机拉线,烟飘过,都是trail。
作为动词,trail的含义丰富,比如跟踪。
“Sam suspected they were trailing him.”
作为动词的另一个含义是“be losing to an opponent in a game or contest”,输给了对手,落后于对手。
“the Packers were trailing 10–6 at halftime”