trail /treɪl/► SEE ALLblaze a/the trailhit the roadhot on sb’s/sth’s tracks/trail●blaze a/the ˈtrailbe the first to do sth important or interesting作开路先锋；领先◆As the first female Member of Parliament, she blazed a trail for others to follow.作为下院第一位女议员，她为后来者树立了榜样。▸ˈtrailblazer
noun
a person who is the first to do or discover sth and so makes it possible for others to follow创始人；先驱◆a trailblazer in the field of genetic engineering基因工程领域的先驱▸ˈtrailblazing
adjective
◆trailblazing scientific research创新的科学研究ORIGINThe original meaning of this expression was to cut marks (=blazes) into trees so that others could follow the path you had taken through a forest, etc.这个表达法原指在树上刻痕（blaze）为他人标明线路。●hit the ˈroad ( hit the ˈtrailespecially NAmE) (informal) begin a journey出发；上路◆Well, we’d better hit the road, we’ve a long way to go.嗯，我们上路吧，要走很远的路呢。●hot on sb’s/sth’s ˈtracks/ˈtrail (informal) close to catching or finding the person or thing that you have been chasing or searching for紧追；快要抓到，即将找到（人或物）◆The burglar ran away, with the police hot on his trail.窃贼逃跑了，警察紧追不舍。