trackとは

発音

• enPR: trăk, IPA^(key): /tɹæk/
• 韻: -æk

名詞

track (複数形 tracks)

1. A mark left by something that has passed along.

   Follow the track of the ship.

   Can you see any tracks in the snow?

2. A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or animal.

   The fox tracks were still visible in the snow.

3. The entire lower surface of the foot; said of birds, etc.
4. A road or other similar beaten path.

   Follow the track for a hundred metres.

5. Physical course; way.

   Astronomers predicted the track of the comet.

6. A path or course laid out for a race, for exercise, etc.

   The athletes ran round the track.

   • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 4, in The Celebrity:

     The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on an afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. The three returned wondering and charmed with Mrs. Cooke; they were sure she had had no hand in the furnishing of that atrocious house.

7. The direction and progress of someone or something; path.
   • 2009, Kenneth H. Talan, Help Your Child Or Teen Get Back on Track, →ISBN:

     You cannot simply “get” your child back on track; you and others can only help your child with that task.

   • 2010, Randall Lee, Memoirs to My Women, →ISBN, page 242:

     My track record was enough proof that I couldn't use women for medicinal purposes, and even my attempts at casual relationships were not adequate enough to even temporarily release the poisons inside me.

8. (railways) The way or rails along which a train moves.

   They briefly closed the railway to remove debris found on the track.

9. A tract or area, such as of land.
   • Fuller

     small tracks of ground

10. Awareness of something, especially when arising from close monitoring.
    • 2006, James J. Gross & ‎Michael F. Callahan, Money and Divorce: The First 90 Days and After, →ISBN, page 24:

      You will need to keep track of meetings with your lawyer and court deadlines.

    • 2012, Steven Gurgevich & ‎Joy Gurgevich, The Self-Hypnosis Diet, →ISBN:

      We have to formulate what we want, be so concentrated on it, so focused on it, and so aware of it that we lose track of ourselves, we lose track of time, we lose track of our identity.

11. (automotive) The distance between two opposite wheels on a same axletree (also track width)
12. (automotive) Short for caterpillar track.
13. (cricket) The pitch.
14. Sound stored on a record.
15. The physical track on a record.
16. (music) A song or other relatively short piece of music, on a record, separated from others by a short silence

    My favourite track on the album is "Sunshine".

17. A circular (never-ending) data storage unit on a side of magnetic or optical disk, divided into sectors.
18. (uncountable, sports) The racing events of track and field; track and field in general.

    I'm going to try out for track next week.

    • 1973, University of Virginia Undergraduate Record

      The University of Virginia belongs to the Atlantic Coast Conference and competes interscholastically in basketball, baseball, crew, cross country, fencing, football, golf, indoor track, lacrosse, polo, soccer, swimming, tennis, track, and wrestling.

19. A session talk on a conference.

同意語

• (mark left by something that has passed along): trace, trail, wake
• (mark または impression left by the foot): footprint
• (entire lower surface of the foot):
• (road; beaten path): path, road, way
• (course): course, path, trajectory, way
• (path または course laid out for a race, etc): course, racetrack
• (the permanent way): rails, railway, train tracks, tracks
• (tract または area): area, parcel, region, tract
• (distance between two opposite wheels): track width
• (cricket: the pitch): ground, pitch
• (sound stored on a record): recording
• (physical track on a record): groove
• (circular data storage unit on a side of magnetic または optical disk):
• (track かつ field): athletics, track and field

下位語

派生語

関連する語

• (distance between two opposite wheels): wheelbase: the distance between the front and rear axles of a vehicle.

参考

• path
• trail

動詞

track (三人称単数 現在形 tracks, 現在分詞 tracking, 過去形および過去分詞形 tracked)

1. To continue observing over time.
   1. (transitive) To observe the (measured) state of a person or object over time.

      We will track the raven population over the next six months.

   2. (transitive) To monitor the movement of a person or object.

      Agent Miles has been tracking the terrorist since Madrid.

   3. (transitive) To match the movement or change of a person or object.

      My height tracks my father's at my age, so I might end up as tall as him.

   4. (transitive or intransitive, of a camera) To travel so that a moving object remains in shot.

      The camera tracked the ball even as the field of play moved back and forth, keeping the action in shot the entire time.

   5. (intransitive, chiefly of a storm) To move.

      The hurricane tracked further west than expected.

2. (transitive) To follow the tracks of.

   My uncle spent all day tracking the deer, whose hoofprints were clear in the mud.

   1. (transitive) To discover the location of a person or object.

      I tracked Joe to his friend's bedroom, where he had spent the night.

      • 2017 August 25, Aukkarapon Niyomyat & Panarat Thepgumpanat, "Thai junta seeks Yingluck's arrest as former PM skips court verdict", in reuters.com, Reuters:

        "She could be at any hospital...she could be ill. It's not clear whether she has fled," he told reporters. "Yingluck has many homes and many cars. It is difficult to track her."

   2. (transitive) To leave in the form of tracks.

      In winter, my cat tracks mud all over the house.

3. (transitive or intransitive) To create a musical recording (a track).

   Lil Kyle is gonna track with that DJ next week.

   1. (computing, transitive or intransitive) To create music using tracker software.

同意語

• (observe the state of an object over time): monitor
• (monitor the movement of a person または object): follow
• (discover the location of a person または object): find, locate, trace, track down

派生語

• track down
• track with
• tracking shot

関連する語

• tracker