trail

英語（米国） (en-US) 英語（イギリス） (en-GB)

IPA（発音記号）

/tɹeɪl/

動詞

他動詞 自動詞 古風

(transitive) To follow behind (someone or something); to tail (someone or something). / (transitive) To drag (something) behind on the ground. / (transitive) To leave (a trail of).

日本語の意味

（誰か・何かの後ろにつける）後をつける / （物を）地面に引きずる / 跡や痕跡を残す

英語の意味

(transitive) To follow behind (someone or something); to tail (someone or something). / (transitive) To drag (something) behind on the ground. / (transitive) To leave (a trail of).

このボタンはなに？

I will trail the suspect to see where he goes.

私は容疑者の後をつけて、どこへ行くか確かめるつもりです。

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意味（1）

(transitive) To follow behind (someone or something); to tail (someone or something).

The hunters trailed their prey deep into the woods.

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意味（2）

(transitive) To drag (something) behind on the ground.

Our little life is but a gust That bends the branches of thy tree, And trails its blossoms in the dust!

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意味（3）

(transitive) To leave (a trail of).

He walked into the house, soaking wet, and trailed water all over the place.

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意味（4）

(transitive) To show a trailer of (a film, TV show etc.); to release or publish a preview of (a report etc.) in advance of the full publication.

His new film was trailed on TV last night.

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意味（5）

(intransitive) To hang or drag loosely behind; to move with a slow sweeping motion.

The bride's long dress trailed behind her as she walked down the aisle.

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意味（6）

(intransitive) To run or climb like certain plants.

The flowers glowed red and golden: snapdragons and sunflowers, and nasturtians trailing all over the turf walls and peeping in at the round windows.

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意味（7）

(intransitive) To drag oneself lazily or reluctantly along.

Our parents marched to church and we trailed behind.

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意味（8）

To be losing, to be behind in a competition.

Neil Lennon and his players have, in almost no time at all, roared back from trailing Rangers by 15 points in November to ending the year two points clear.

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意味（9）

(military) To carry (a firearm) with the breech near the ground and the upper part inclined forward, the piece being held by the right hand near the middle.

意味（10）

To create a trail in.

The sun shone on burnished bodies and arm-bands, and robes of beaver trailed the grass as majestic fellows trod back and forth in the passion of eloquence.

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意味（11）

To travel by following or creating trails.

Trailed three miles down the North side and encamped early, making thirteen miles trailed to-day.

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意味（12）

To transport (livestock) by herding it along a trail.

One operator on the Boise Forest in Idaho reports that where he formerly marketed 80-pound lambs after trailing them 10 days from the allotment, his lambs now often tip the scales at 100 pounds or better, mainly because only one day is required to transport an entire shipment to the railroad through the use of truck pullmans.

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意味（13）

(dated) To take advantage of the ignorance of; to impose upon.

I presently perceived she was (what is vernacularly termed) trailing Mrs. Dent; that is, playing on her ignorance.

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trails （ present singular third-person ）

trailing （ participle present ）

trailed （ participle past ）

trailed （ past ）