The early cartographer served as a trailblazer, mapping uncharted territories that later expeditions relied upon for safe passage.
早期的制图师是开拓者，绘制了后来探险队赖以安全通行的未知区域地图。
Which choice best defines “trailblazer”?
A — A person who makes a new track through wild country. “trailblazer” means a person who makes a new track through wild country.
Which word means “a person who makes a new track through wild country”?
D — trailblazer. “trailblazer” means a person who makes a new track through wild country.
trailblazer — a person who makes a new track through wild country. In Chinese: 开拓者.
trailblazer is pronounced /ˈtreɪlˌbleɪzər/.
The early cartographer served as a trailblazer, mapping uncharted territories that later expeditions relied upon for safe passage. (早期的制图师是开拓者，绘制了后来探险队赖以安全通行的未知区域地图。)
pioneer, pathfinder, innovator — all close in meaning to trailblazer (a person who makes a new track through wild country).
follower, imitator — each the opposite of trailblazer (a person who makes a new track through wild country).
Yes. trailblazer is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.