shirttail
/shurt-teyl/US // ˈʃɜrtˌteɪl //
衫尾,衬衫尾巴,衫尾巴,衫尾部
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : the part of a shirt below the waistline.
- : Journalism. a brief item added at the end of a related newspaper story.Compare follow-up.
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : quite young and immature in behavior.
- : Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S. of distant relation, especially by marriage: some shirttail cousins I'd never met.
v.有主动词 verb
- 1
- : Informal. to append or add to a discussion or writing: The tariff concessions were shirttailed onto the trade bill.
Examples
We then and there decided, almost unanimously, to follow Shirttail.
Then Penelope hobbled up and pulled Mark's shirttail out of his trousers.
Tom opened one of the containers of water and dipped his shirttail into it.
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