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TOEFL BNC: 2604 COCA: 2985
tail
tl teɪl
Word forms: plural , 3rd person singular present tense tails, present participle tailing, past tense , past participle tailed
1 N-COUNT ;尾巴 The tail of an animal, bird, or fish is the part extending beyond the end of its body. ;尾巴
  • The cattle were swinging their tails to disperse the flies.

    那些牛甩动着尾巴驱赶苍蝇。

  • ...a black dog with a long tail.

    长尾黑狗

SYN extremity, appendage, brush, rear end
-tailed
  • ...white-tailed deer.

    白尾鹿

2 N-COUNT (尤指细长物体的)尾部,末端 You can use tail to refer to the end or back of something, especially something long and thin. (尤指细长物体的)尾部,末端
  • ...the horizontal stabilizer bar on the plane's tail.

    飞机尾部的水平尾翼

  • Elsie tugged her husband's coat tail.

    埃尔西用力拉了拉她丈夫外套的后摆。

  • ...a comet tail.

    彗尾

SYN train, end, trail, tailpiece
3 N-PLURAL (男子的)燕尾服,晚礼服 If a man is wearing tails, he is wearing a formal jacket which has two long pieces hanging down at the back. (男子的)燕尾服,晚礼服
4 VERB 跟踪;盯梢;尾随 To tail someone means to follow close behind them and watch where they go and what they do. 跟踪;盯梢;尾随 [informal]
  • Officers had tailed the gang from London during a major undercover inquiry. [VERB noun]

    在一次重大的秘密调查行动中,警察从伦敦就盯上了那帮匪徒。

  • He trusted her so little that he had her tailed. [have noun VERB-ed]

    他十分不信任她,所以派人跟踪她。

5 N-COUNT 盯梢者;跟踪者 A tail is someone who is paid to watch and to follow another person. 盯梢者;跟踪者 [informal]
  • He checked behind. No tail.

    他看看身后没有人跟着。

6 ADV [ADVERB after verb] (硬币的)反面 If you toss a coin and it comes down tails, you can see the side of it that does not have a picture of a head on it. (硬币的)反面
7 PHRASE [VERB inflects] 主次颠倒;喧宾夺主 If you say that the tail is wagging the dog, you mean that a small or unimportant part of something is becoming too important and is controlling the whole thing. 主次颠倒;喧宾夺主 [disapproval]
  • Past TV deals have seen the tail wagging the dog. Now football clubs feel they are equal partners with TV.

    以往和电视台的交易中,足球俱乐部就已经有过喧宾夺主的记录。现在,他们更是觉得可以和电视台平起平坐了。

8 PHRASE (由于失败或羞愧)夹着尾巴,垂头丧气 If you say that you have your tail between your legs, you are emphasizing that you feel defeated and ashamed. (由于失败或羞愧)夹着尾巴,垂头丧气 [emphasis]
  • His team retreated last night with tails tucked firmly between their legs.

    昨晚,他的队伍灰溜溜地退场了。

9 PHRASE [VERB inflects] 掉头逃跑;转身逃走 If you turn tail, you turn and run away. 掉头逃跑;转身逃走
  • I turned tail and fled in the direction of the main house.

    我掉头就跑,朝主屋方向逃去。

10 cannot make head or tail of something→see: head  to top and tail→see: top 
Phrasal verbs:
tail away tail back tail off
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TOEFL BNC: 2604 COCA: 2985
tail

noun¹

1of an animal, a bird, etc.動物;鳥ADJECTIVE | VERB + TAIL | TAIL + VERB | TAIL + NOUN | PHRASES ADJECTIVElong, short長尾巴;短尾巴bushy, curly, forked, pointed毛茸茸的/捲曲的/分叉的/尖尖的尾巴muscular, prehensile發達的尾巴;捲尾VERB + TAILflick, swish, thrash, wag輕抖/唰唰甩動/猛擺/搖擺尾巴The dog wagged its tail furiously.狗憤怒地搖着尾巴。chase追尾巴My dog loves to chase his tail.我的狗喜歡追逐自己的尾巴。dock剪短尾巴It used to be fashionable to dock horses' tails.以前曾經流行把馬的尾巴剪短。TAIL + VERBswish, twitch, wag, wave尾巴唰唰甩動/抖動/搖擺/擺動The dog ran out with its tail wagging madly.狗跑了出來,瘋狂地擺着尾巴。TAIL + NOUNbone (usually tailbone) 尾骨feathers, fin尾羽;尾鰭PHRASESthe tip of its/his/her tail⋯的尾巴尖It was black from its nose to the tip of its tail.它從頭到尾都是黑色的。
tail

noun²

2of a thing事物TAIL + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASES TAIL + NOUNsection尾部The plane's tail section had broken off.飛機的尾部斷了。fin, light尾翼;尾燈PREPOSITIONat the tail在尾部the truck at the tail of our convoy我們受護送車隊尾部的那輛卡車PHRASESnose to tail首尾相連Traffic which used to be nose to tail now flows freely.以前是車挨着車,現在則是車流順暢。
TOEFL BNC: 2604 COCA: 2985
tail verb
follow1
TOEFL BNC: 2604 COCA: 2985
tail
Animal body parts: anatomical, anatomy, antler...
Parts of aircraft: aerofoil, aft, aileron...
Parts of clothes: arm, armhole, basque...
Jackets and coats: anorak, Barbour, blazer...
To follow someone: follow, shadow, track...

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