Hold the word trace first: what is left when there is almost nothing left - a mark you can just about find. Now put that amount of a chemical element somewhere. Each meaning on this page only changes where you are looking: inside a body, inside a sample, or across the whole planet.

先抓住 trace 這個字:幾乎什麼都不剩的時候,剩下的那一點點痕跡。找得到,但少到幾乎不見。現在把這麼一點點的化學元素放進某個地方。這一頁三個意思的差別,只在於你往哪裡看。看身體裡面,看手上那份樣品裡面,還是看整顆地球。量都是「少到只剩痕跡」,變的是範圍。

From the word’s history

The supplied source calls this a compound of trace, a very small amount, plus element, a chemical element. The word says its own meaning: the element that is only there in traces.

來源資料說這是 trace(極少的量)加 element(化學元素)組成的複合詞。所以這個詞把自己的意思寫在臉上:只以痕跡般的量存在的元素。

Wiktionary entry supplied in this packet (source_ref kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1436237806): Compound of trace (very small amount) + element (chemical element).

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