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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 trailed
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Trail v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trailed p. pr. & vb. n. Trailing.]
 1. (a) To hunt by the track; to track. (b) to follow behind. (c) To pursue.
 2. To draw or drag, as along the ground.
    And hung his head, and trailed his legs along.   --Dryden.
 They shall not trail me through their streets
 Like a wild beast.   --Milton.
    Long behind he trails his pompous robe.   --Pope.
 3. Mil. To carry, as a firearm, with the breech near the ground and the upper part inclined forward, the piece being held by the right hand near the middle.
 4. To tread down, as grass, by walking through it; to lay flat.
 5. To take advantage of the ignorance of; to impose upon. [Prov. Eng.]
    I presently perceived she was (what is vernacularly termed) trailing Mrs. Dent; that is, playing on her ignorance.   --C. Bronte.