spoor

🇬🇧 UK/spuә/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

n.

The track, trail, droppings, or scent left by an animal.

(动物的)足迹,踪迹

v.

To track an animal by following its trail or scent.

循足迹追踪(动物)

🧩 Root Breakdown

Loanword
spoorother
=spoor

Common Collocations

  • 1.follow the spoor追踪足迹
  • 2.fresh spoor新鲜足迹
  • 3.[read the spoor]辨读踪迹
  • 4.animal spoor动物踪迹

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The experienced tracker followed the lion's spoor across the dry savanna.

  • 2.

    Rangers used the fresh spoor to locate the poachers' target before dawn.

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