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-derivedCommon 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.