tracked
tracked — adjective
- trackedpositive
- trackedercomparative
- trackedestsuperlative
1. sent using a system in which the item's location is recorded at each stage of it
sent using a system in which the item's location is recorded at each stage of its journey, allowing the sender and recipient to see where it is at any time
Folake checked the tracking app and saw that her tracked parcel was already in Lagos.
collocation: tracked parcel
Greta chose tracked delivery for her mother's prescription and checked the tracking page every few hours.
collocation: tracked delivery; shows the checking behaviour it enables
Eitan received an email saying his tracked letter had arrived at the sorting office.
Hoa sent the damaged headphones back through a tracked service and watched the parcel arrive at the warehouse.
Madison watched the tracked shipment move from Shanghai to Chicago over five days.
- untracked
sent without any tracking information or delivery updates
文法句型
tracked + delivery/parcel/package/service/shipment
用法筆記
Almost always used before a noun (tracked delivery, tracked parcel). The phrase 'sent tracked' is also common in informal online shopping contexts.
2. describes a vehicle that moves on a pair of wide metal belts running around its
describes a vehicle that moves on a pair of wide metal belts running around its wheels, like a tank or a bulldozer, rather than on rubber tyres
The tracked bulldozer pushed rubble across the construction site without getting stuck in mud.
describes a vehicle using metal tracks instead of wheels
Lotte climbed into the tracked snow groomer and started smoothing the ski slope.
The army used tracked vehicles to cross the rough desert terrain where wheeled trucks failed.
Valentina drove the tracked excavator across the wet peat bog to reach the broken drainage pipe.
Hugo steered the tracked carrier past fallen rocks as he drove deeper into the mine.
- caterpillar-tracked
more technical; used in engineering contexts to specify the type of track system
- wheeled
using wheels instead of tracks; most everyday vehicles are wheeled
文法句型
tracked + vehicle/bulldozer/excavator/robot
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1 (MONITORED IN TRANSIT): this sense only describes heavy vehicles that use continuous metal caterpillar tracks instead of wheels. Subject is almost always a vehicle or machine.