trail的词源
英文词源
- trail
- trail: see trawl
- trail (v.)
- c. 1300, "to hang down loosely and flow behind" (of a gown, sleeve, etc.), from Old French trailler "to tow; pick up the scent of a quarry," ultimately from Vulgar Latin *tragulare "to drag," from Latin tragula "dragnet, javelin thrown by a strap," probably related to trahere "to pull" (see tract (n.1)). Transitive sense of "to tow or pull along the ground" is from c. 1400. The meaning "follow the trail of" (an animal, etc.) is first recorded late 14c. Meaning "to lag behind" is from 1957. Related: Trailed; trailing.
- trail (n.)
- early 14c., "trailing part of a robe, gown, etc.," from trail (v.). The meaning "track or smell left by a person or animal" is also from 1580s. Meaning "path or track worn in wilderness" is attested from 1807. Trail of Tears in reference to the U.S. government's brutally incompetent Cherokee removal of 1838-9 is attested by 1908.
中文词源
trail：痕迹，踪迹；(乡间或林中)小道
来源于中古荷兰语(约1100至1500年间)traghelen(拉)。
该词的英语词源请访问找单词词源英文版：trail 词源，trail 含义。
来自古法语 trailler,拖，拉，跟踪，来自通俗拉丁语 tragulare,拉，来自拉丁语 trahere,拖，拉， 使移动，词源同 drag,tract.拼写比较 rule,regulate.引申诸相关词义。
来自古法语 trailler,拖，拉，跟踪，来自通俗拉丁语 tragulare,拉，来自拉丁语 trahere,拖，拉， 使移动，词源同 drag,tract.拼写比较 rule,regulate.引申诸相关词义。
