track /træk/ danh từ dấu, vếtmotor-car track: vết xe ô tô ((thường) số nhiều) dấu chân, vết chân đường, đường đi, đường hẻma track through a forest: đường hẻm xuyên rừngtrack of a ship: đường rẽ nước của con tàutrack of a comet: đường vụt qua của sao chổi đường ray bánh xích (xe tăng…)to be on the track of theo hút, theo vết chân, đi tìmto be on the right track đi đúng đườngto be off the track trật bánh (xe lửa) lạc đường, lạc lối mất hút, mất dấu vết lạc đềto cover up one”s tracks che dấu vết tích; che giấu những việc đã làmto follow the tracks of theo dấu chânto follow in someone”s tracks theo bước chân ai; theo ai, noi theo aito follow the beaten track theo vết đường mòn ((nghĩa đen) & (nghĩa bóng))to keep track of theo dõito kill somebody on his tracks giết ai ngay tại chỗto lose track of mất hút, mất dấu vếtto make tracks (từ lóng) chuồn, tẩu thoát, bỏ chạy, bỏ trốnto make tracks for đuổi theo (ai) đi thẳng về phíato put somebody on the right track đưa ai vào con đường đúng, đưa ai đi đúng đường đúng lối ngoại động từ theo vết, theo dõi, đi tìm, lùng bắt, truy nãto track a lion to its lair: theo dõi vết chân của con sư tử đến tận hang của nó để lại dấu vếtto track dirt on the floor: để lại vết bẩn trên sàn (hàng hải) kéo (thuyền, tàu… theo đường kéo)to track down theo dõi và bắt được, theo vết mà bắt đượcto track out theo dấu vết mà tìm ra, phát hiện ra qua dấu vết Lĩnh vực: cơ khí & công trìnhđường xe chạy-Bánh xích (xe ủi đất)Advanced Along Track Seanning Radiometer (AATSR)máy đo bức xạ cao cấp có cáp tuyếnBolt, Trackbulông đườngBrace, Trackmáy chèn đườngCrossing, Trackgiao cắt (đường sắt)Foreman, Trackcung trưởngForeman, Tracktrưởng cung đườngGang, Trackcung đườngTrack and Hold (T&H)bám và giữWrench, Trackchìa vặn đườngdấu vếtđường rayđường sắtgiá trước khi chất lên toaoverhead trackđường treooverhead track carcass countmáy đếm thịt trên giá treooverhead track scalecân treooverhead track trolleykhay lưu động cần treorailway trackđường sắttrack alimentary trackđường tiêu hóatrack hangergiá treo đường dẫntrack hangergiá treo thuốc látrack recordbi xoay (bi điều khiển) (trong máy tính)track recordlịch trình kinh doanhtrack recordlý lịch chuyên môntrack recordlý lịch nghề nghiệptrack scalecân cả toa xe o vết; rãnh – Cột thẳng đứng chứa đồ thị trên biểu đồ giếng. – Bản ghi do một kênh ghi như kênh địa chấn. – Một phần trên băng từ số ghi các bit thông tin. o dấu, vết; đường; quỹ đạo § cycle track : vòng chu kỳ
ADJ. deep | fresh | animal, boot, car, tyre The beach is criss-crossed with animal tracks.
VERB + TRACK leave, make Rabbits had left tracks in the snow. | cover (often figurative) He had been careless, and had done little to cover his tracks. | follow
PREP. on the ~ of (often figurative) She felt the excitement of a journalist on the track of a good story.
PHRASES freeze/halt/stop in your tracks (figurative), halt/stop sb/sth in their/its tracks (figurative) The disease was stopped in its tracks by immunization programmes. | make tracks (figurative) It”s getting late?I”d better make tracks (= leave).
2 path/rough road
ADJ. narrow | wide | steep | bumpy, dusty, grassy, muddy, rough, rutted, sandy, slippery, stony | ancient, medieval | cinder, dirt, mud, unpaved | cart, cycle, sheep, ski | single a single track road with passing places | farm, forest/forestry, hillside, mountain, woodland | perimeter A few planes were parked on the perimeter track of the airfield.
VERB + TRACK follow
TRACK + VERB lead The track leads across a meadow. | fork When the track forks, take the left fork.
PREP. along/down/up a/the ~ Continue along the farm track for another hundred metres.
PHRASES off the beaten track (figurative) (= not in a place that most people go to), on the right/wrong track (figurative) The new manager successfully got the team back onto the right track. | on the wrong track (figurative) The police were on the wrong track when they treated the case as a revenge killing.
3 special path, often in a circle, for racing
ADJ. race (also racetrack), running | indoor, outdoor | all-weather | training, warm-up | fast | dog
PHRASES track and field The competition features many top track and field athletes.
4 metal rails on which a train runs
ADJ. rail, railway, tram | double, single | elevated | eastbound, westbound, etc. | narrow gauge, standard gauge
VERB + TRACK lay | lift Many branch lines were closed, and the tracks lifted.
TRACK + NOUN layout
5 direction/course that sb/sth takes
ADJ. fast, inside an inside track to the ear of government | parallel, twin a twin track approach to crime | career She decided to change her career track.
VERB + TRACK switch He switched tracks and went back to college.
PREP. along a/the ~ Film comedy developed along a similar track to film drama. | on (a/the) ~ A UN spokesman insisted that the implementation of the peace plan is back on track. The ship was on a southerly track. | ~ for She seems to be on the fast track for promotion. | ~ to The country is on the fast track to democracy.
PHRASES keep track of sth (= to know what is happening, where sth is, etc.) Keep track of all your payments by writing them down in a book. | lose track of sth (= to not know what is happening, where sth is, etc.) I was so absorbed in my work that I lost track of time.
6 one song/piece of music on a cassette/CD
ADJ. album | live | title | unreleased | dance, disco | backing | drum, guitar, rhythm, solo, vocal (see also soundtrack)
VERB + TRACK cut, lay down, record She had already cut a couple of tracks as lead singer with her own group. | play | listen to
Từ điển WordNet
n.
a pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheelsa groove on a phonograph recording
n. One of numerous circular data storage areas on a floppy disk or a hard drive, comparable to a groove on a record but not spiral. Tracks, composed of sectors, are recorded on a disk by an operating system during a disk format operation. On other storage media, such as tape, a track runs parallel to the edge of the medium. See the illustration.vb. 1. To follow a path. 2. In data management, to follow the flow of information through a manual or an automated system. 3. In data storage and retrieval, to follow and read from a recording channel on a disk or a magnetic tape. 4.In computer graphics, to cause a displayed symbol, such as a pointer, to match on the screen the movements of a mouse or another pointing device.
English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary
tracks|tracked|trackingsyn.: cart track cartroad caterpillar track caterpillar tread chase chase after course cover cross cut cut across cut through data track dog get across get over give chase go after lead pass over path racecourse racetrack raceway rail rails running tag tail trail traverse
