backtrack

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of backtracking.
动词 v.
  1. To retrace one's steps.
    — I dropped my sunglasses and had to backtrack to find them.
  2. To repeat or review work already done.
    — If we backtrack through this problem, maybe we can figure out where we went wrong.
  3. To taxi down an active runway in the opposite direction to that being used for takeoff.
    — Speedbird One: enter and backtrack Runway 27 Left.
  4. To exercise a racehorse around the racetrack in the opposite direction to that in which races are run.
  5. To go back on or withdraw a statement.
    — Woodward’s mild rebuke of Tatis received backlash from most players who spoke out, and even Woodward backtracked and reexplained himself the next day.

词形变化

backtracks plural backtracks present,singular,third-person backtracking participle,present backtracked participle,past backtracked past

词汇关系

衍生词
backtracker backtracking

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der.?
Proto-Germanic *baką
Proto-West Germanic *bak
Old English bæc
Middle English bak
English back
English track
English backtrack
From back + track.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der.?
Proto-Germanic *baką
Proto-West Germanic *bak
Old English bæc
Middle English bak
English back
English track
English backtrack
From back + track.
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