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1 ♦ trail
♦ trail /treɪl/n.1 traccia; segno; striscia; scia; orme (fig.): The murderer left a trail of blood from the bathroom to the stairs, l'assassino lasciò una traccia di sangue dal bagno alle scale; a thin trail of smoke, una sottile striscia di fumo; un pennacchio di fumo; the slimy trail of a snail, la traccia viscida di una lumaca; on Marco Polo's trail, sulle orme di Marco Polo3 sentiero; pista: nature trail, percorso naturalistico; (stor. in USA) the Oregon trail, la pista dell'Oregon; (fam. USA) to hit the trail, avviarsi; incamminarsi, mettersi in viaggio; andarsene, andare via4 (astron.) scia meteorica● trail bike, motociclo per percorsi fuoristrada □ trail formation, (autom.) colonna ( di veicoli); (aeron.) formazione di volo in fila □ trail horse, cavallo da ► «trail riding» ( sotto) □ trail mix, snack a base di frutta secca, cereali e talvolta cioccolato □ trail net, rete a strascico □ trail rider, chi fa ► «trail riding» ( sotto) □ (equit.) trail riding, l'andare a cavallo per la campagna in un gruppo ristretto e a passo lento e costante □ (aeron.) trail rope, cavo guida (o moderatore) ( d'aerostato) □ (mil.) at the trail, in posizione di bilanciarm: At the trail!, bilanciarm! □ to blaze the trail, aprire una nuova pista; (fig.) essere un pioniere, essere all'avanguardia □ to get off the trail, perdere la pista, le tracce □ to get on sb. 's trail, mettersi sulle tracce di q. □ to get on the trail again, rintracciare la pista □ (fig.) to be hot on sb. 's trail, essere alle calcagna di q.(to) trail /treɪl/A v. t.1 strascicare; strascinare; trascinare; tirarsi dietro: to trail one's feet, strascicare i piedi; The boy was trailing a toy tank, il bambino si tirava dietro un piccolo carro armato2 essere sulle piste (o sulle tracce) di; inseguire; seguire le orme di: to trail a tiger, seguire le orme di una tigre; to trail a murderer, essere sulle tracce di un assassino4 aprire un sentiero (o una pista) in: The patrol had to trail the jungle, la pattuglia dovette aprirsi un sentiero nella giungla5 seguire (q.) a una certa distanza; seguire in classifica; essere più indietro di: Jones is trailing Smith by two points, Jones ha due punti in meno di SmithB v. i.2 pendere; penzolare3 trascinarsi; camminare faticosamente; procedere a stento: The few survivors trailed back to the trenches, i pochi superstiti si sono trascinati faticosamente fino alle trincee4 essere indietro; rimanere in coda; rimanere in scia (fig.): (ipp.) The favourite was trailing at the last fence, all'ultimo ostacolo, il favorito restava ancora indietro5 essere in svantaggio; essere indietro: ( calcio) At half time we were trailing by two goals, a metà partita eravamo in svantaggio di due gol● (mil.) to trail arms, bilanciare i fucili.
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