From there in English over 700 years or so the word has been pulled in all sorts of directions from meaning the track of an animal to the gait of a horse.

在进入英语后大约700年时间里，它的含义被拉往四面八方，涵盖了从动物的足迹到马的步法等等内容。

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Injured townspeople were being treated in hospitals, and at improvised medical centers in the town's central square and at a horse-racing track, officials said.

官员称，受伤居民正在医院和位于该镇中心广场及赛马场的临时医疗中心接受救治。

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Pro: If the Olympics awards equestrian riders MEDALS for prancing pleasantly around a track on a horse, why not let stock car racers go for the gold at 180 miles an hour?

赞成：既然奥运奖杯允许马术选手在马背上悠闲地绕着圈走来走去然后捧走，为何就不准赛车以180公里的时速争夺冠军？

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Sometimes he could be seen at a Windsor horse track where some folks swore he only bet on winners.

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