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  Trailing \Trail"ing\,
     a. & vb. n. from Trail.
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     Trailing arbutus. (Bot.) See under Arbutus.
  
     Trailing spring, a spring fixed in the axle box of the
        trailing wheels of a locomotive engine, and so placed as
        to assist in deadening any shock which may occur. --Weale.
  
     Trailing wheel, a hind wheel of a locomotive when it is not
        a driving wheel; also, one of the hind wheels of a
        carriage.
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  Trail \Trail\ (tr[=a]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trailed; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Trailing.] [OE. trailen, OF. trailler to trail a
     deer, or hunt him upon a cold scent, also, to hunt or pursue
     him with a limehound, F. trailler to trail a fishing line;
     probably from a derivative of L. trahere to draw; cf. L.
     traha a drag, sledge, tragula a kind of drag net, a small
     sledge, Sp. trailla a leash, an instrument for leveling the
     ground, D. treilen to draw with a rope, to tow, treil a rope
     for drawing a boat. See Trace, v. t.]
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     1.
        (a) To hunt by the track; to track.
        (b) to follow behind.
        (c) To pursue. --Halliwell.
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     2. To draw or drag, as along the ground.
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              And hung his head, and trailed his legs along.
                                                    --Dryden.
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              They shall not trail me through their streets
              Like a wild beast.                    --Milton.
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              Long behind he trails his pompous robe. --Pope.
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     3. (Mil.) To carry, as a firearm, with the breech near the
        ground and the upper part inclined forward, the piece
        being held by the right hand near the middle.
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     4. To tread down, as grass, by walking through it; to lay
        flat. --Longfellow.
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     5. To take advantage of the ignorance of; to impose upon.
        [Prov. Eng.]
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              I presently perceived she was (what is vernacularly
              termed) trailing Mrs. Dent; that is, playing on her
              ignorance.                            --C. Bronte.
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  Trail \Trail\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trailed; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Trailing.] [OE. trailen, OF. trailler to trail a deer, or
     hunt him upon a cold scent, also, to hunt or pursue him with
     a limehound, F. trailler to trail a fishing line; probably
     from a derivative of L. trahere to draw; cf. L. traha a drag,
     sledge, tragula a kind of drag net, a small sledge, Sp.
     trailla a leash, an instrument for leveling the ground, D.
     treilen to draw with a rope, to tow, treil a rope for drawing
     a boat. See Trace, v. t.]
     1. To hunt by the track; to track.

  Trailing \Trail"ing\,
     a. & vb. n. from Trail.
  
     Trailing arbutus. (Bot.) See under Arbutus.
  
     Trailing spring, a spring fixed in the axle box of the
        trailing wheels of a locomotive engine, and so placed as
        to assist in deadening any shock which may occur. --Weale.
  
     Trailing wheel, a hind wheel of a locomotive when it is not
        a driving wheel; also, one of the hind wheels of a
        carriage.

  trailing
       adj : having the lower score or lagging position in a contest;
             "behind by two points"; "the 8th inning found the home
             team trailing" [syn: behind(p)]
       n : the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or
           marks they left behind [syn: tracking]

  trailing
     Αγγλικά a.
     ουραίος, είναι στο τέλος μιας σειράς

  trailing
     a.
     1 (lb en rail transport of points and crossovers) That converges in
  the direction of travel.
     2 That is attached and pulled behind.
     n.
     Fabric or other material that trails.
     vb.
     (present participle of en trail nocat=1)

  trailing
     a.
     1 (lb en rail transport of points and crossovers) That converges in
  the direction of travel.
     2 That is attached and pulled behind.
     n.
     Fabric or other material that trails.
     vb.
     (present participle of en trail nocat=1)

  trailing
     a.
     1 (lb en rail transport of points and crossovers) That converges in
  the direction of travel.
     2 That is attached and pulled behind.
     n.
     Fabric or other material that trails.
     vb.
     (present participle of en trail nocat=1)

  trailing
     a.
     1 (lb en rail transport of points and crossovers) That converges in
  the direction of travel.
     2 That is attached and pulled behind.
     n.
     Fabric or other material that trails.
     vb.
     (present participle of en trail nocat=1)

  trailing
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en trail ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb trail)

  Trailing /tɹˈeɪlɪŋ/
  التخلّف عن، السّحب

  trailing /tɹˈeɪlɪŋ/ 
  stopování

  trailing /tɹˈeɪlɪŋ/ 
  vlečení

  trailing /tɹˈeɪlɪŋ/
  Schleifreinigung 

  trailing /tɹˈeɪlɪŋ/
  nachziehend, hinter sich herschleifend, nachschleppend
   see: trail sth., trailed, trails, trailed
  

  trailing /tɹˈeɪlɪŋ/
  sich rankend, rankend, sich schlängelnd, sich windend
     Synonym: rambling
  
   see: ramble, trail, rambled, trailed, ramble upwards, trail downwards, trailing sedum
  

  trailing /tɹˈeɪlɪŋ/
  verfolgend
   see: trail sb., trailed
  

  trailing /tɹˈeɪlɪŋ/
  zurückbleibend, zurückliegend, hinterherhinkend, nachhinkend
        "One of the hikers kept lagging/trailing behind the rest of the group."  - Einer der Wanderer blieb hinter dem Rest der Gruppe zurück.
        "The President is lagging/trailing behind in the polls."  - Der Präsident liegt in den Umfragen zurück.
     Synonym: lagging
  
   see: lag, lag behind, trail, lagged, trailed, lagging regions, be behind the target
  

  trailing /tɹˈeɪlɪŋ/
  zurückliegend, hinterherhinkend
   see: trail sb., trailed
  

  trailing /tɹˈeɪlɪŋ/
  posljednji, tegljeni, vučeni, zadnji

  
/ˈtɹeɪɫɪŋ/

  46 Moby Thesaurus words for "trailing":
     bugging, chase, chasing, cloak-and-dagger work, consecutive,
     counterespionage, counterintelligence, dogging,
     electronic surveillance, espial, espionage, follow, follow-up,
     following, heeling, hounding, hue and cry, hunting, intelligence,
     intelligence work, military intelligence, observation, prosecution,
     pursual, pursuance, pursuing, pursuit, quest, searching,
     secret police, secret service, seeking, sequel, sequence, series,
     shadowing, spying, stakeout, stalking, succeeding, surveillance,
     tailing, tracking, tracking down, wiretap, wiretapping
  
  

  n.结尾 a.尾随的

     寻迹,跟踪