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Trace，Track，Vestige，Trail，Spoor
痕迹。
🚩trace是指“人、动物或者物体经过以后留下的痕迹，引申为事物留下的痕迹，暗示其产生过影响”，柯林斯解释为A trace is a sign which shows you that someone or something has been in a place.。
如：
The local church has traces of fifteenth-century frescoes.当地教堂仍留有 15 世纪壁画的遗迹。
There's been no trace of my aunt and uncle.没有我姑姑、姑夫的踪迹。
🚩track是指“人、动物、车子经过后留下的痕迹，强调留下的足迹或者痕迹是可以辨认方向的，连续线状的”，柯林斯解释为Tracks are marks left in the ground by the feet of animals or people.。
如：
The only evidence of pandas was their tracks in the snow.熊猫活动的唯一迹象是它们留在雪地上的足迹。
McKee suddenly noticed tire tracks on the bank ahead. 麦基突然注意到前方岸边的轮胎痕迹。
🚩vestige是指“过去的或者再也不存在的事情留下的可以察觉到的痕迹，标记，残余，残留部分，强调能激起人们的回忆或者联想”，柯林斯解释为A vestige of something is a very small part that still remains of something that was once much larger or more important.。
如：
We represent the last vestige of what made this nation great — hard work.是辛勤劳动成就了这个国家，而我们就是这一品质硕果仅存的代表。
🚩trail是指“人或物留下的曾经活动过的迹象，一串痕迹，足迹”，柯林斯解释为A trail is a series of marks or other signs of movement or other activities left by someone or something.。
如：
Everywhere in the house was a sticky trail of orange juice.家里到处是泼洒的橙汁留下的黏糊糊的痕迹。
He left a trail of clues at the scenes of his crime.他在犯罪现场留下了一些蛛丝马迹。
The typhoon has left a trail of death and destruction across much of central Japan. 台风横扫日本中部大部分地区，留下死亡的足迹和满目疮痍。
🚩spoor是指“野兽走过时留下的踪迹，足迹”，柯林斯解释为The spoor of an animal is the marks or substances that it leaves behind as it moves along, which hunters can follow.。
如：
to follow the spoor of something循迹追踪某物
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