Said of a plant, trailing means it does not stand up. Its stems grow out flat along the ground, or spill down over the side of a pot, a wall, or a basket, instead of climbing upward.

Said of a plant用在植物身上時， trailing這個詞 means指的是 it does not stand up植物不會直立生長。 Its stems它的莖 grow out flat along the ground會平貼著地面生長， or或者 spill down over the side of a pot, a wall, or a basket垂掛在花盆、牆面或籃子的邊緣， instead of climbing upward而不是往上攀爬。

Gardeners and plant shops use this word constantly — trailing ivy, a trailing rosemary, trailing plants for hanging baskets — because it tells a buyer exactly what shape the plant will take in the room.

Gardeners and plant shops園藝師和花店 use this word constantly常常用這個詞—— trailing ivy像是 trailing ivy（垂墜長春藤）、 a trailing rosemary trailing rosemary（垂墜迷迭香）、 trailing plants for hanging baskets適合吊籃的 trailing plants（垂墜植物）—— because因為 it它 tells a buyer exactly能明確告訴買家 what shape the plant will take in the room這株植物在房間裡會長成什麼形狀。

It is worth setting beside its neighbour, climbing. A climbing plant also has long soft stems, but it grabs hold and goes up; a trailing plant has no way of holding on, so gravity decides for it. Many plants can do both: give ivy a wall and it climbs, give it a shelf and it trails.

It它 is worth setting beside值得拿來對照 its neighbour它的鄰居詞， climbing也就是 climbing（攀爬型）。 A climbing plant一株攀爬型植物 also has long soft stems也有細長柔軟的莖， but但 it它 grabs hold and goes up會抓住東西往上爬； a trailing plant一株垂墜型植物 has no way of holding on沒辦法抓住任何東西， so所以 gravity decides for it由重力決定它的方向。 Many plants很多植物 can do both兩種都做得到： give ivy a wall給長春藤一面牆 and it climbs它就會往上爬， give it a shelf給它一個層架 and it trails它就會垂下來。

Notice too that trailing is almost always used before the noun (a trailing plant, trailing stems) rather than after it — you would say "it trails" rather than "it is trailing" when the plant is just doing what it always does.

Notice too也要注意 that trailing is almost always used before the nounTrailing幾乎都放在名詞前面用（ a trailing plant, trailing stems像 a trailing plant、trailing stems這樣） rather than after it而不是放在後面—— you would say你會說 "it trails"「it trails」 rather than而不是 "it is trailing"「it is trailing」 when the plant is just doing what it always does在植物只是做它平常會做的事情的時候。

And it is a calm, pleasant word here; it carries none of the tiredness or failure that trailing has when it describes a person walking behind or a team losing a match.

And而且 it它 is a calm, pleasant word here在這裡是個平靜、討喜的詞； it它 carries none of完全沒有帶著 the tiredness or failure那種疲憊或失敗的意味 that trailing has when it describes就是 trailing 用來形容 a person walking behind一個人走在後面 or或 a team losing a match一支球隊輸掉比賽時所帶有的那種意味。