tail英 [teɪl]　美 [tel]　

第三人称单数：tails第三人称复数：tails现在分词：tailing过去分词：tailed过去式：tailed

tail 基本解释

名词 尾; 尾部; 燕尾服; 尾随者

及物动词 跟踪; 装上尾巴

不及物动词 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

tail 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。

tail 同义词

动词  follow shadow heel trail pursue

名词  shadow end stern back tail end rear

tail 反义词

名词  head

tail 相关词组

1. turn tail : 逃跑；

tail 相关例句

及物动词

1. The detective was tailing the suspect.
    侦探在跟踪嫌疑犯。

2. The police have been tailing him.

    警察一直在尾随着他。

名词

1. We were at the tail of the bus queue.
    我们立在公车候车队伍的末尾。

2. Heads or tails?

    你猜正面还是背面？

3. She couldn't figure out who put a tail on her.
    她猜不透谁派人盯她的梢。

tail 网络解释

1. 尾片白片：尾片白片 (TAIL) 一卷影片末端所接的一段不透明胶片,以确保影片完整的放映到最后一格,也对影片有保护作用.  维士宽银幕 (VISTAVISION) 美国派拉蒙公司出品的一种宽银幕系统.  外国版 (FOREIGN VERSION) 与原版影片不同语系的放映拷贝,

2. 彗尾：但有时因太阳的引力而以椭圆形的轨道在太阳系里漫游. 彗星有三个部分,分别是彗核(Nucleus彗发(Coma)构成彗星的头部和彗尾(Tail). 彗发(Coma)和彗尾(Tail)运行到太阳附近时,彗星物质受太阳辐射的照射、蒸发与太阳风的吹袭,才形成彗发与彗尾.

tail 双语例句

1. This puppy is a toy dog Teddy, his curly hair and a short tail swaying, and is very cute!
      这只小狗是一只泰迪玩具犬，身上的毛卷卷的，短短的尾巴摇来摇去的，真是可爱极了！

2. watch your tail!
      注意你的后面！

3. Now, I'm just flying myself to the parameters for the tail slide.
      现在，我要准备好飞尾滑的相关参数条件。

4. As I passed my hand over his body from trunk to tail, tears poured down my cheeks.
    当我的手拂过它的身体，沿着躯干一直到尾巴，我的泪水喷涌而下。

5.She stood watching the car's tail-lights disappear down the drive.

    她站在那儿，望着小汽车的尾灯消失在车道尽头。

tail 词典解释

1. 尾;尾巴
    The tail of an animal, bird, or fish is the part extending beyond the end of its body.

    e.g. The cattle were swinging their tails to disperse the flies.
           那些牛甩动着尾巴驱赶苍蝇。
    e.g. ...a black dog with a long tail.
           长尾黑狗

-tailed
...white-tailed deer.
白尾鹿

2. (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.

    e.g. ...the horizontal stabilizer bar on the plane's tail...
           飞机尾部的水平尾翼
    e.g. Elsie tugged her husband's coat tail.
           埃尔西用力拉了拉她丈夫外套的后摆。

3. （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.

4. 跟踪;盯梢;尾随
    To tail someone means to follow close behind them and watch where they go and what they do.

    e.g. 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。
    e.g. He trusted her so little that he had her tailed.
           他十分不信任她，所以派人跟踪她。

5. 盯梢者;跟踪者
    A tail is someone who is paid to watch and to follow another person.

    e.g. He checked behind. No tail.
           他看看身后——没有人跟着。

6. (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.

7. 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.

    e.g. 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。

8. （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.

    e.g. 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。

9. 掉头逃跑;转身逃走
    If you turn tail, you turn and run away.

    e.g. I turned tail and fled in the direction of the main house.
           我掉头就跑，朝主屋方向逃去。

10. cannot make head or tail of something -> see head
      to top and tail -> see top

相关词组：tail away tail back tail off

tail 单语例句

1. In one of its first appearances in Chinese culture, the dragon was depicted as a simple curve like the letter " C " with a tail.

2. The plane's tail was seriously damaged as the captain manually increased thruster pressure, scraping the rear fuselage along the tarmac and the grass verge beyond the runway.

3. The tail of the specially designed 747 freighter swings open for huge payloads that are unloaded using the largest cargo loader in the world.

4. The paleontologists cannot explain functions of small holes found in the caudal vertebrae, located on near the tail joint.

5. A blue glazed porcelain pot was cleverly designed with the spout shaped as a rooster's head and the handle as a rooster's tail.

6. Cole's second goal looked to have won it but there was a sting in the tail when Robbie Keane equalized two minutes from time.

7. With her tiny feet splayed in a'V', the impression of a mermaid's forked tail is complete.

8. The chicken must be presented with a head, tail and feet to symbolize completeness.

9. The space agency blamed the delay on preparations to install the flight tail cone on the shuttle.

10. She wore a pony tail, simple Chopard conical diamond drop earrings and sheer makeup.

tail 英英释义

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 rear part of a ship

    Synonym: stern after part quarter poop

3. the rear part of an aircraft

    Synonym: tail assembly empennage

4. (usually plural) the reverse side of a coin that does not bear the representation of a person's head

5. the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

    e.g. he deserves a good kick in the butt
           are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?

    Synonym: buttocks nates arse butt backside bum buns can fundament hindquarters hind end keister posterior prat rear rear end rump stern seat tail end tooshie tush bottom behind derriere fanny ass

6. a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements

    Synonym: shadow shadower

7. any projection that resembles the tail of an animal

    Synonym: tail end

8. the time of the last part of something

    e.g. the fag end of this crisis-ridden century
           the tail of the storm

    Synonym: fag end tail end

verb

1. remove the stalk of fruits or berries

2. remove or shorten the tail of an animal

    Synonym: dock bob

3. go after with the intent to catch

    e.g. The policeman chased the mugger down the alley
           the dog chased the rabbit

    Synonym: chase chase after trail tag give chase dog go after track