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follow

/fɑloʊ/

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variant 1: follows
variant 2: followed

1 · verb

to travel behind, go after, come after

循着；循

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The hound followed the scent and found the missing backpack in the woods.

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猎犬循着气味在树林里找到了失踪的背包。

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