tail
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英[teɪl]
|美[tel]
n.尾;尾部;燕尾服;尾随者
vt.跟踪;装上尾巴
vi.队伍单行行进时拉长或产生间隔;侦察队两两散开;[建筑学] 嵌上,搭上
日语:しっぽ
法语:queue
德语:Schwanz
韩语:꼬리
俄语:cola
牛津词典
noun
鸟;兽;鱼 of bird/animal/fish
- 尾;尾巴
the part that sticks out and can be moved at the back of the body of a bird, an animal or a fish
- The dog ran up, wagging its tail.
那条狗摇着尾巴跑上前去。 - The male has beautiful tail feathers.
雄鸟有美丽的尾羽。
有…尾巴 -tailed
- 有…尾巴的
having the type of tail mentioned
- a white-tailed eagle
白尾雕
飞机;宇宙飞船 of plane/spacecraft
- 尾部;后部
the back part of a plane, spacecraft , etc.
- the tail wing
尾翼
后部;末尾 back/end of sth
- 尾状后部;尾状物
a part of sth that sticks out at the back like a tail
- the tail of a kite
风筝的尾坠
- (离去事物的)末尾部分
the last part of sth that is moving away from you
- the tail of the procession
游行队伍的末尾
上衣 jacket
- 燕尾服;男子晚礼服
a long jacket divided at the back below the waist into two pieces that become narrower at the bottom, worn by men at very formal events
- The men all wore top hat and tails.
男士都头戴高顶礼帽,身穿晚礼服。
硬币的面 side of coin
- 硬币反面,硬币文面(没有头像的一面)
the side of a coin that does not have a picture of the head of a person on it, used as one choice when a coin is tossed to decide sth
跟踪者 person who follows sb
- 盯梢人;暗探
a person who is sent to follow sb secretly and find out information about where that person goes, what they do, etc.
- The police have put a tail on him .
警方已派人对他进行盯梢。
verb
- 跟踪;尾随;盯梢
to follow sb closely, especially in order to watch where they go and what they do
- A private detective had been tailing them for several weeks.
私人侦探几个星期来一直在跟踪他们。
词形变化
名词复数形式:tails 过去式:tailed 现在分词:tailing 过去分词:tailed 第三人称单数:tails f:tails
中文词源
tail 尾巴,尾部
来自古英语 taegl,尾巴,来自 Proto-Germanic*tagla,尾巴,尾毛,来自 PIE*dok,尾巴上的毛, 来自 PIE*dek,撕,扯,分开。
双语例句
- It has a short stumpy tail covered with bristles.
它粗短的尾巴上鬃毛浓密。
- The poster showed a caricature of Hitler with a devil's horns and tail
海报漫画中的希特勒长着魔鬼的犄角和尾巴。
- At some date in the 1990s British oil production will probably tail off.
到20世纪90年代的某个时候,英国石油产量可能会逐渐减少。
- The dog was biting, growling and wagging its tail.
那条狗在一边撕咬一边低声吼叫,尾巴也跟着摇摆。
- I couldn't make head nor tail of the damn film.
这部该死的影片我一点儿都看不懂。
- My cat hissed when I stepped on its tail
我的猫被我踩到尾巴时,嘶地惨叫了一声。
- When in danger, the anteater lashes its tail round a branch
遇有危险,食蚁兽会迅速用尾巴卷住树枝。
- They tried to get the harpoon into the ray before the sting tail came lashing over to retaliate
他们试图把鱼叉刺进鳐鱼体内,以防它猛摆那蜇人的尾巴报复。
- Don't go near that lashing tail.
别靠近它摆动的尾巴。
- The boys wore black tail coats in mourning for George III.
男孩身穿黑色燕尾服为乔治三世服丧。
- At hearing his name spoken, the dog gave a responsive wag of his tail.
听到有人喊它的名字,这条狗摆了摆尾巴。
- The brown rat has prominent ears and a long scaly tail.
那只棕鼠两只耳朵向前支着,一条长尾巴布满鳞片。
- The tail feathers are dark blue at their bases, shading to pale blue at their tips.
尾羽的根部呈深蓝色,到了尾尖就渐变成淡蓝色。
- The bird was enclosed in such a small space that it could not turn without bending its tail
小鸟被关在这么狭小的空间里,不弯一下尾巴的话,都转不过身来。
- The cattle were swinging their tails to disperse the flies.
那些牛甩动着尾巴驱赶苍蝇。
- Elsie tugged her husband's coat tail.
埃尔西用力拉了拉她丈夫外套的后摆。
- Officers had tailed the gang from London during a major undercover inquiry
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.
他十分不信任她,所以派人跟踪她。
- He checked behind. No tail.
他看看身后——没有人跟着。
- 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。
- 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。
- I turned tail and fled in the direction of the main house.
我掉头就跑,朝主屋方向逃去。
- This is the tail end of the season.
这是季末的最后几天。
- The drug's effect does not tail off after it has been used repeatedly.
反复使用本药,药效也不会减弱。
- As so often happens, this little story has a twist in the tail.
正如经常发生的那样,这个小故事在结尾处出现了转折。
- His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.
他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。
- The peacock spreads his splendid tail.
孔雀展开了它那灿烂夺目的尾巴。
- A fox cannot hide its tail.
狐狸尾巴是掩藏不住的。
- The little dog ran off wagging its tail.
小狗摇着尾巴跑了。
语源
Old English tæg(e)l, from a Germanic base meaning hair, hairy tail; related to Middle Low German tageltwisted whip, ropes end. The early sense of the verb (early 16th cent.) was fasten to the back of somethingMiddle English (denoting a tallage): from Old French taillenotch, tax, from taillierto cut, based on Latin taleatwig, cutting