trailとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• enPR: trāl, IPA^(key): /tɹeɪl/
• 韻: -eɪl

動詞

trail (三人称単数 現在形 trails, 現在分詞 trailing, 過去形および過去分詞形 trailed)

1. (transitive) To follow behind (someone または something); to tail (someone または something).

   The hunters trailed their prey deep into the woods.

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

   You'll get your coat all muddy if you trail it around like that.

   • 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room Chapter 1

     "I saw your brother—I saw your brother," he said, nodding his head, as Archer lagged past him, trailing his spade, and scowling at the old gentleman in spectacles.

3. (transitive) To leave (a trail of).

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

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.

   There were no surprises in this morning's much-trailed budget statement.

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.

6. (intransitive) To run or climb like certain plants.
   • 1954 July 29, J.R.R. Tolkien, “I: A Long-Expected Party”, in The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings; 1), →ISBN:

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

7. (intransitive) To drag oneself lazily or reluctantly along.

   Our parents marched to church and we trailed behind.

8. To be losing, to be behind in a competition.
   • 2011 December 29, Keith Jackson, “SPL: Celtic 1 Rangers 0”, in Daily Record:

     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.

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.
10. To flatten (grass, etc.) by walking through it; to tread down.

    (Can we find かつ add a quotation of Longfellow to this entry?)

11. (dated) To take advantage of the ignorance of; to impose upon.
    • 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

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

派生語

• trailer
• trail off

名詞

trail (複数形 trails)

1. The track or indication marking the route followed by something that has passed, such as the footprints of animal on land or the contrail of an airplane in the sky.
2. A route for travel over land, especially a narrow, unpaved pathway for use by hikers, horseback riders, etc.
3. A trailer broadcast on television for a forthcoming film or programme.
4. (graph theory) A walk in which all the edges are distinct.

同意語

• (track of an animal): spoor, sign
• (route for travel over land): dirt track, footpath, path, track

派生語