Trailing

(noun.) the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind.

手打:奈杰尔

• At the same instant an empty dog-cart, the horse cantering, the reins trailing, appeared round the curve of the road and rattled swiftly towards us. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Twenty minutes after the first volley the great fleet swung trailing off in the direction from which it had first appeared. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• Apollyon came trailing his Hell behind him. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• It was no more torn collars now, I promise you, and faded silks trailing off at the shoulder. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• At the same instant I saw that the thing that had struck us was the trailing anchor of a rather fair-sized air vessel; possibly a ten man cruiser. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• If it had been otherwise--' Carton looked at the pen and saw it was trailing off into unintelligible signs. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Trailing wearily behind a rude wagon, and over a ruder road, Tom and his associates faced onward. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• You go to your women--go to them--they are your sort--you've always had a string of them trailing after you--and you always will. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Could it be that he was trailing a MAN--one of his own race? 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• A harrow comprising two ranks of oppositely curved trailing teeth is especially popular in some countries. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Twilight was fallingand I deemed its influence pitiful; from the lattice I saw coming night-clouds trailing low like banners drooping. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.

整理:玛丽