tail 的 4 个定义
- the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the back end of its body.
- something resembling or suggesting this in shape or position: the tail of a kite.
- Astronomy. the luminous stream extending from the head of a comet.
- (21)
- coming from behind: a tail breeze.
- being in the back or rear: the tail section of a plane.
- Informal. to follow in order to hinder escape of or to observe: to tail a suspect.
- to form or furnish with a tail.
- to form or constitute the tail or end of.
- (7)
- to follow close behind: She always tails after her sister.
- to disappear gradually or merge into: The path tails off into the woods.
- to form, or move or pass in, a line or column suggestive of a tail: The hikers tailed up the narrow path.
- (5)
tail 近义词
follow
end piece, part
由tail构成的短语
- tail between one's legs, with one's
- tail end
- tail off
- tail wagging the dog, the
- bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
- can't make head or tail of
- get off one's tail
- heads or tails
- in two shakes (of a lamb's tail)
- on someone's coattails
- tiger by the tail
- turn tail
- work one's fingers to the bone (tail off)
更多tail例句
- The US was at the tail end of what should have been a severe flu season in 2020, but when the pandemic was declared there was a precipitous drop in cases.
- What you see here, never seen before, is the first stage of the process that gives comets their tails.
- The thieves could’ve stolen them, but clearly the effort seemed too much, since it was a fat bike and a road bike and they were nose to tail.
- Long-tail keywords may not necessarily attract the same traffic as the general keywords, but they can lead to better business prospects since the search intent is more specific.
- In fact, the two tails of escapees possess more stars than does the cluster.
- The young man had the presence of mind to tail Gaylard Williams out of the park and jot down his license plate.
- But two things are clear in this tail-eater of a case: First, there seems to be plenty of guilt but hardly a criminal in sight.
- We thought that Sonny was inspiring us and he was out there and responding and sweating and playing his tail off.
- A spokeswoman adds that, in the baked flesh, it looks more like a lobster tail.
- When it comes to food, are you an adventurous, nose-to-tail kind of eater?
- The dog stood with hanging head and tail, as if ashamed he had let so many of his enemies get away unharmed.
- The Arab pricked his ears, swished his long and arched tail viciously, and showed the whites of his eyes.
- It was no worm that Mrs. Robin had found, but Grandfather Mole's hairless tail sticking out of the ground.
- And there shall be no work for Egypt, to make head or tail, him that bendeth down, or that holdeth back.
- That was not the exact word that he used, but he expressed it by beating his tail against the table and giving a long howl.