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tracks /træks/► SEE ALLmake tracks (for sth)stop/halt sb in their tracksstop/halt/freeze in your trackscover your trackshot on sb’s/sth’s tracks/trailfrom/on the wrong side of the tracks
●make ˈtracks (for sth) (spoken) leave one place to go to another 动身（去某地）；朝…而去◆It’s getting late; I think we’d better make tracks.
天晚了，我想我们最好走吧。●stop/halt sb in their ˈtracks●stop/halt/freeze in your ˈtrackssuddenly make sb stop by frightening or surprising them; suddenly stop because sth has frightened or surprised you （使因恐惧或惊讶而）突然停下；（使）怔住◆The question stopped Alice in her tracks.
这个问题把艾丽斯给问住了。◆The horse stopped dead in its tracks and refused to move.
马突然停下来，一动也不肯动。●cover your ˈtracksbe careful not to leave any signs of sth secret or illegal that you have been doing 隐匿行踪；掩盖行径◆He didn’t want his wife to know he’d met an old girlfriend so he invented a story to cover his tracks.他不想让妻子知道自己与从前的女友见面，就编了个谎话来遮掩。●hot on sb’s/sth’s ˈtracks/ˈtrail (informal) close to catching or finding the person or thing that you have been chasing or searching for 紧追；快要抓到，即将找到（人或物）◆The burglar ran away, with the police hot on his trail.窃贼逃跑了，警察紧追不舍。●from/on the ˌwrong side of the ˈtracks (informal) from or living in a poor area or part of town 来自贫民区；住在贫穷的地区（或城区）◆She married a man from the wrong side of the tracks.她和一个来自贫民区的男子结了婚。 |
