trail

trail
treil 1. verb
1) (to drag, or be dragged, along loosely: Garments were trailing from the suitcase.) trekke etter seg, slepe
2) (to walk slowly and usually wearily: He trailed down the road.) traske, slepe seg langsomt av gårde
3) (to follow the track of: The herd of reindeer was being trailed by a pack of wolves.) følge sporet av
2. noun
1) (a track (of an animal): The trail was easy for the hunters to follow.) spor, far
2) (a path through a forest or other wild area: a mountain trail.) sti, løype, spor
3) (a line, or series of marks, left by something as it passes: There was a trail of blood across the floor.) spor, merke
hale
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spor
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sti
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subst. \/treɪl\/
1) bånd, strime, stripe
the engine left a trail of smoke behind it
maskinen etterlot seg en stripe av røyk
2) ranke av slyngplante
3) lang rad, rekke
a trail of tourists
4) hale, slep
a trail of admirers
en hale med beundrere
5) (også overført) spor, far
a trail of blood
et blodspor
the storm had left behind it a trail of destruction
stormen etterlot seg store ødeleggelser
6) merke
7) (opptråkket) sti, vei
8) (ski) løype, spor
9) (militærvesen) lavettsvans
10) (på kjole) slep
at the trail (militærvesen) i hånden gevær
blaze a trail stikke ut en vei (overført) være banebrytende, bane vei for
get off the trail miste sporet
get on the trail komme på sporet
be hot on the trail of someone være like i hælene på noen
leave in one's trail føre med seg, medføre
war left misery in its trail
krigen førte med seg mye lidelse og nød
trail of a meteor meteorhale
trail of dust støvsky
trails (geologi) (skure)striper
II
verb \/treɪl\/
1) slepe (langs bakken), trekke etter seg
her dress trailed across the floor
kjolen hennes subbet i gulvet
2) spore (opp), oppspore, etterspore, være på sporet av, følge sporet av
trail animals
følge sporet av dyr
trail criminals
være på sporet av forbrytere
3) følge etter, være i hælene på
4) (hverdagslig) komme bak(etter), sakke akterut, komme på etterskudd, ligge etter
5) (amer.) tråkke opp en sti, bane en vei gjennom
trail grass
6) slepe seg (frem), traske, dra beina etter seg
7) drive (langsomt)
smoke was trailing from the chimneys
8) henge
a lot of hair trailed over her face
en masse hår hang nedover ansiktet hennes
9) komme i en lang rekke, gå (enkeltvis) i en lang rekke
10) virvle opp
the car trailed clouds of dust
bilen virvlet opp støvskyer
11) (om plante, orm e.l.) krype, slynge seg
12) (om stemme) svinne hen, dø hen
trail along ha med seg
she always trails along a few uninvited guests
hun kommer alltid med ubudne gjester
henge etter
trail a pike (gammeldags) tjene som soldat
trail arms! i hånden gevær!
trail away eller trail off (overført) forsvinne (sakte), bli svakere, dø hen fortape seg
trail a rifle (militærvesen) gå med gevær i høyre hånd
trail in popularity synke i popularitet
trail on slepe seg frem, dra beina etter seg
trail one's coat eller trail one's coat-tails egle, lage bråk, yppe til strid, provosere
trail oneself slepe seg frem
trail out trekke ut, hale ut

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