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{
"term": "trail",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a long line or series of marks that is left by somebody/something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a trail of blood"
},
{
"text": "tourists who **leave a trail** of litter everywhere they go"
},
{
"text": "The hurricane left a trail of destruction behind it."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["scent", "blood", "smoke"],
"verb + trail": ["lay", "leave", "make"],
"trail + verb": ["go cold"],
"preposition": ["on somebody’s trail"],
"phrases": [
"a trail of blood",
"a trail of devastation",
"a trail of smoke"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a track, sign or smell that is left behind and that can be followed, especially in hunting",
"sensetop": "on the trail of somebody/something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The hounds were following the fox's trail."
},
{
"text": "The police are still on the trail of the escaped prisoner.",
"contextForm": "on the trail of somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "Fortunately the **trail was still warm** *(= clear and easy to follow)*."
},
{
"text": "The **trail had gone cold**."
},
{
"text": "Ants follow a scent trail laid down previously."
},
{
"text": "The dog had picked up the trail of a rabbit."
},
{
"text": "The fox had crossed a stream, and the hounds lost the trail."
},
{
"text": "Detectives had found several new clues and were back on the murderer's trail."
},
{
"text": "The couple laid a false trail to escape the press photographers."
},
{
"text": "They had to find the kidnappers before the trail went cold."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["scent", "blood", "smoke"],
"verb + trail": ["lay", "leave", "make"],
"trail + verb": ["go cold"],
"preposition": ["on somebody’s trail"],
"phrases": [
"a trail of blood",
"a trail of devastation",
"a trail of smoke"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "a path through the countryside",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a trail through the forest"
},
{
"text": "We set off to walk the trail that winds along the Colorado River."
},
{
"text": "The trail was covered with deep snow."
},
{
"text": "The Norfolk Coast path is part of a National Trail."
},
{
"text": "The Appalachian Trail runs from Maine to Georgia."
},
{
"text": "A woodland trail leads off to the right."
},
{
"text": "The trail wends its way through leafy woodland and sunny meadows."
}
],
"topics": ["Hobbies"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["forest", "mountain", "nature"],
"verb + trail": ["follow", "hit", "take"],
"trail + verb": ["go", "lead", "run"],
"preposition": ["along a/the trail"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "a route that is followed for a particular purpose",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a **tourist trail** *(= of famous buildings)*"
},
{
"text": "politicians on the **campaign trail** *(= travelling around to attract support)*"
},
{
"text": "In 1967 she hit the hippy trail to India."
},
{
"text": "We did the Inca trail."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["forest", "mountain", "nature"],
"verb + trail": ["follow", "hit", "take"],
"trail + verb": ["go", "lead", "run"],
"preposition": ["along a/the trail"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to be the first to do or to discover something that others follow",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The department is blazing a trail in the field of laser surgery."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to start a journey",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The following spring I hit the road."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "close to catching or finding the person or thing that you have been running after or searching for",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/treɪl/",
"audio": "tr/trail/trail__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/treɪl/",
"audio": "tr/trail/trail__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English (as a verb): from Old French traillier ‘to tow’, or Middle Low German treilen ‘haul a boat’, based on Latin tragula ‘dragnet’, from trahere ‘to pull’. Compare with trawl. The noun originally denoted the train of a robe, later generalized to denote something trailing."
}