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retrace

🇬🇧 UK/ri'treis/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

v.

To go back over a route or path again; to mentally reconstruct past events or steps.

重走(原路);追溯,回顾

n.

The return of a cathode-ray tube beam to its starting position after completing a line.

(阴极射线管的)返驰,回扫

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
reagain, back
+
tracepath, trail, trace; a course or line
=retrace

Common Collocations

  • 1.retrace one's steps原路返回
  • 2.retrace a route重走原路
  • 3.[retrace the journey]重走旅程
  • 4.retrace the history追溯历史

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    She retraced her steps to find the keys she had dropped.

  • 2.

    Investigators retraced the suspect's movements on the night of the crime.

  • 3.

    He retraced his childhood memories while walking through his hometown.

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