tail
音标发音
- 英式音标 [teɪl]
- 美式音标 [teɪl]
- 国际音标 [teil]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n.后部;尾巴;尾部;辫子;跟随者
- (复)tails: 燕尾服;(硬币的)反面
- vt.跟踪;盯 ... 的梢;为 ... 装尾巴
- vi.尾随;附于其后;逐渐减少
用法辨析
- tail用作名词的基本意思是“尾巴”“尾部”“后部”,常指动物的尾巴,也可指具体物的尾部,是可数名词。
- tail用于比喻指人时可作“尾随的人”“暗探”解,指物时可作“尾巴似的东西,尾状物”解。
- tail在口语中可作“燕尾服”解,此时通常用复数形式。
- tail还可作“硬币的反面”解,与“head(正面)”相对,是可数名词。
- tail用作名词是“尾巴”的意思,转化为动词作“跟踪,盯梢”解,指跟踪的人像尾巴一样紧紧地尾随着目标,观察其所作所为。这种跟踪可以表示较短暂的、较远距离的行动,含有动机不良的意味或暗示一种尾随而一直不被察觉的愿望。
- tail有时也可作“给(某物体)装尾部〔巴〕”解。
- tail可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词。用作不及物动词时,常与off连用; 用作及物动词时接名词或代词作宾语,可用于被动结构。
n. (名词)
v. (动词)
英汉例句
- A fox cannot hide its tail.
狐狸的尾巴是藏不住的。 - The ship tailed down stream.
那船船尾朝下游停着。 - The police have been tailing me.
警察一直在跟踪着我。
用作名词 (n.)
用作动词 (v.)
用作不及物动词: S+~(+A)
用作及物动词: S+~+ n./pron.
词组短语
- dock a tail 剪短尾巴
- shorten a tail 剪短尾巴
- stick a tail up 翘尾巴
- get one 's tail up 情绪很高
- put a tail on sb 派人暗中跟踪某人
用作名词 (n.)
动词+~
英英字典
- (ANIMAL) a part of an animal's body, sticking out from the base of the back, or something similar in shape or position
- (PERSON FOLLOWING) someone who follows another person to discover where that person goes, what they do, etc.
- (COIN SIDE) the side of a coin that does not have a picture of someone's head on it
- (JACKET) a tailcoat
- (BOTTOM) someone's bottom
- (GRAMMAR) a phrase that is placed at the end of a sentence and refers to something mentioned in the sentence
- to follow and watch someone very closely, especially in order to get information secretly
- The tail of an animal, bird, or fish is the part extending beyond the end of its body.
- You can use tail to refer to the end or back of something, especially something long and thin.
- If a man is wearing tails, he is wearing a formal jacket which has two long pieces hanging down at the back.
- To tail someone means to follow close behind them and watch where they go and what they do.
- 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.
- cannot make head or tail of something&rarrsee head
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柯林斯英英字典
专业释义
- 船尾朝某一方向;船尾搁浅
- (飞机等的)尾部,尾翼,尾面;(火箭、导弹等的)后部
- (砖、木板、梁等的一端)嵌进,搭上
- 把(砖、木板、梁等的一端)嵌进(或搭上);使搭牢(与in 或 on 连用):
- (屋瓦)外露部分;(墙砖)砌入部分
- 符尾
- 小角色
- 流星尾;彗(星)尾
- 尾部
- (书页的)地脚
- 尾巴
- 尾
- 尾部
- 位于…后部
- 给…加尾
- 尾
- 尾部