5N-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。
6ADV [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
7PHRASE [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.
8PHRASE (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。
9PHRASE [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.
1of an animal, a bird, etc.動物;鳥ADJECTIVE | VERB + TAIL | TAIL + VERB | TAIL + NOUN | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤long, 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 + TAIL➤flick, 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 + VERB➤swish, 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 + NOUN➤bone (usually tailbone)尾骨▸➤feathers, fin尾羽;尾鰭PHRASES➤the 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
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2of a thing事物TAIL + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESTAIL + NOUN➤section尾部◇The plane's tail section had broken off.飛機的尾部斷了。➤fin, light尾翼;尾燈PREPOSITION➤at 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PHRASES➤nose 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。