tail是什么意思？

tail

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；

复数：tails;

第三人称单数：tails;

过去式：tailed;

过去分词：tailed;

现在分词：tailing;

形容词：tailless;

例句

• The tail is fixed on the model plane with nails; it cannot come off. 模型飞机的机尾是用钉子钉在飞机上的, 不会掉下来。
• The tail won't come off the toy plane; it is fixed on with nails. 玩具飞机的机尾掉不下来, 它是用钉子钉住的。
• the horizontal stabilizer and elevator in the tail assembly of an aircraft. 飞机尾部的水平稳定器和升降舵
• The horse swished its tail. 马嗖嗖地挥着尾巴。
• This creature’s tail will regenerate if it is cut off. 这种动物的尾巴如果被割掉,会再生出来。
• The horse swithed its tail to drive the flies away. 马甩动尾巴以驱赶苍蝇。
• You naughty boy, stop pulling the cat's tail. 你这个淘气鬼, 别拉猫的尾巴了。
• A coin has two sides,a head and a tail. 硬币有正反两面。
• The police have put a tail on me so they know my every move. 警方派了一个人跟踪, 所以我的一举一动他们都清楚。
• The tail won't come off the toy plane; it's fixed on with nails. 玩具飞机的机尾不会掉下来, 它是用钉子钉住的。

词组

• chase one's (own) tail
  (informal)rush around ineffectually (非正式)无谓瞎忙
• on someone's tail
  following someone closely 紧跟，跟踪
• a piece of tail
• the tail of one's eye
  (dated)the outer corner of one's eye (旧)眼角
• the tail wags the dog
  the less important or subsidiary factor, person, or thing dominates a situation; the usual roles are reversed 尾巴摇狗（处于从属地位的人或事物控制局势；本末倒置）
• with one's tail between one's legs
  (informal)in a state of dejection or humiliation (非正式)夹着尾巴；灰溜溜地
• with one's tail up
  (informal)in a confident or cheerful mood (非正式)趾高气扬地
• tail back
  (Brit.)(of traffic) become congested and form a tailback (英)（交通）堵塞排成长队
• tail something in (或 into)
  insert the end of a beam, stone, or brick, into (a wall) 把（梁、石头、砖的端头）嵌入（墙内）
• tail off (或 away)
  gradually diminish in amount, strength, or intensity （数量、力量、强度）逐渐减弱
• tail down
  To ease a heavy load down a steep slope. 将重物缓缓移下陡坡
• tail off 或 tail away
  To diminish gradually; dwindle or subside 逐渐消失；变小或减弱

英语六级真题

In America, white tailed deer are more numerous than ever before, so abundant in fact that they've become a suburban nuisance and a health hazard.
出自-2013年12月听力原文
Perhaps surprisingly, it is not all good news: there is a sting in the tail of the Obama effect
出自-2010年6月阅读原文
Sting in the tail Ashby Plant is one of a number of psychologists who seized on Obama's candidacy to test hypotheses about the power of role models
出自-2010年6月阅读原文

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  尾;尾巴
  The tail of an animal, bird, or fish is the part extending beyond the end of its body.
  例句
  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
• 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.
  例句
  ...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。
• 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.
• 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.
  例句
  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。
• N-COUNT
  盯梢者;跟踪者
  A tail is someone who is paid to watch and to follow another person.
  例句
  He checked behind. No tail. 他看看身后——没有人跟着。
• ADV
  (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.
• PHRASE
  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.
  例句
  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。
• 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.
  例句
  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。
• PHRASE
  掉头逃跑;转身逃走
  If you turn tail, you turn and run away.
  例句
  I turned tail and fled in the direction of the main house. 我掉头就跑，朝主屋方向逃去。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  尾, 尾巴
  A dog reacts to kindness by wagging its tail. 狗摇尾巴以报答人们的爱护。
  尾部, 后部, 尾状后部, 尾状物
  The tail won't come off the toy plane; it's fixed on with nails. 玩具飞机的机尾不会掉下来, 它是用钉子钉住的。
  尾随者, 随行者, 跟班, 钉梢人, 暗探
  The police have put a tail on me so they know my every move. 警方派了一个人跟踪, 所以我的一举一动他们都清楚。
  燕尾服
  The duke first went into tails at only fifteen. 这位公爵十五岁时就开始穿燕尾服了。
• vt.
  跟踪, 尾随, 盯梢
  He has been tailing me. 他一直在跟踪着我。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body
  2. the time of the last part of something;
  "the fag end of this crisis-ridden century""the tail of the storm"
  3. any projection that resembles the tail of an animal
  4. the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on;
  "he deserves a good kick in the butt""are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"
  5. a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements
  6. (usually plural) the reverse side of a coin that does not bear the representation of a person's head
  7. the rear part of an aircraft
  8. the rear part of a ship
• Verb
  1. go after with the intent to catch;
  "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley""the dog chased the rabbit"
  2. remove or shorten the tail of an animal
  3. remove the stalk of fruits or berries

行业词典

• 人体组织学： ［精子］尾；
  体育： 后端；
  动物学： 尾［部］；又称 :尾［部］(pygidium (环节动物) )；
  医学： 尾：任何细长的附生物；从动物体后延伸出的附生物；
  水产： 尾部；鱼体由肛门至尾鳍末端的部分。；烂尾病；rot disease 由气单胞菌（Aeromonas）引起的细菌性鱼病。危害多种海淡水鱼类。发病早期，尾鳍及尾柄处充血、发炎、糜烂，严重时尾鳍烂掉，尾柄处肌肉出血、溃烂，骨骼外露。；
  生物学： [噬菌体]尾部；
  金融： 钱币背面；尾部差额；尾数；限定所有权；指定继承人继承的不动产；