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KK: [tеl]
DJ: [tеil]
n.[C]
- 尾巴；尾部；尾狀物；髮辮
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We were at the
tail of the bus queue.
我們立在公車候車隊伍的末尾。
- 燕尾服[P][K]
- 盯梢的人，偵探，跟蹤者
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She couldn't figure out who put a
tail on her.
她猜不透誰派人盯她的梢。
- （硬幣的）背面[P][J]
- 【俚】屁股
vt.
- 尾隨；盯梢；跟蹤
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The detective was
tailing the suspect.
偵探在跟蹤嫌疑犯。
- 為……裝尾巴
vi.
- 尾隨；跟蹤[（+after/behind）]
- 變少，縮小[（+off/away）]
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Interest in the skate board
tailed off.
人們對滑冰板的興趣漸漸小了。
a.
- 尾部的；後部的
- 從後面來的
片語
have one's tail up
- 興高采烈
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The team
had their tails up after they won their first game.
贏了第一場後，所有隊員都興高采烈。
tail after
- 緊跟
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The police were
tailing after the suspect.
警方緊緊跟蹤著那嫌疑犯。
tail off/away
- 變少；縮小
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Her voice
tailed off into silence.
她的話音越來越小，終於啞然無聲了。
tail on to
- 使銜接
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He tried to
tail it
on to another.
他試圖把它與另一個連接起來。
tuck one's tail
- 夾起尾巴；感到羞恥
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He should have
tucked his tail then!
他當時真該感到羞恥。
turn tail
- 逃跑
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Badly damaged, the enemy ship
turned tail hurriedly.
敵艦嚴重受創落荒而逃。
with the tail between one's legs
- 夾著尾巴；灰溜溜地
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The enemy plane fled
with the tail between its legs.
敵機夾著尾巴逃跑了。
衍生
辨析
tail1
n.
- the hindmost part of an animal, especially when extended beyond the rest of the body, such as the flexible extension of the backbone in a vertebrate or the feathers at the hind end of a bird.
- something extending downwards, outwards, or back like an animal's tail.
▸the rear part of an aircraft, with the tailplane and rudder.
▸the luminous trail of particles following a comet.
- the final, more distant, or weaker part:
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the tail of a hurricane.
▸Cricket the end of the batting order, with the weakest batsmen.
- the lower or hanging part at the back of a shirt or coat.
▸
(tails)
informal a tailcoat, or a man's formal evening suit with such a coat.
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(tails)
the side of a coin without the image of a head on it (used when tossing a coin to determine a winner).
- informal a person secretly following another to observe their movements.
- informal, chiefly N. Amer. a person's buttocks.
▸vulgar slang a woman's genitals.
▸informal women collectively regarded as a means of sexual gratification.
v.
- informal secretly follow and observe (someone).
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(tail off/away)
gradually diminish in amount or intensity.
▸
(tail back)
Brit. (of traffic) become congested and form a tailback.
- N. Amer. (of an object in flight) drift or curve in a particular direction.
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(tail something in/into)
insert the end of a beam, stone, or brick into (a wall).
- archaic join (one thing) to another.
Phrase
- on someone's tail
informal following someone closely. - with one's tail between one's legs
informal in a state of dejection or humiliation.
Derivative
- tailed adj.
- tailless adj.
Etymology
OE tæg(e)l, from a Gmc base meaning ‘hair, hairy tail’.
tail2
n.
Law, chiefly historical limitation of ownership, especially of an estate or title limited to a person and their direct descendants.
Etymology
ME (denoting a tallage): from OFr. taille ‘notch, tax’, from taillier ‘to cut’.
