Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense tailgates, present participle tailgating, past tense, past participle tailgated
1N-COUNT (卡车、小轿车后面的)后背门,尾门,车斗门 A tailgate is a door at the back of a truck or car, that is hinged at the bottom so that it opens downwards. (卡车、小轿车后面的)后背门,尾门,车斗门
He let down the tailgate so the dog could jump out.
他放下后背门,好让狗跳出来。
2VERB 紧随…行驶 If you tailgate someone, you drive very closely behind them. 紧随…行驶
Perhaps the fact that the car was tailgating him made him accelerate. [VERB noun]
或许是因为那辆汽车跟得太紧,他才加速的。
Police pulled him over doing 120km/h, making rapid changes and tailgating. [VERB]
警察令他把车靠边停下,因为他的时速高达 120 公里还一直快速变道、紧贴行驶。
tailgating
...risk-taking behaviors like tailgating, speeding, and driving while intoxicated.