首页英语词典tailtail的意思

tail

英 [teɪl] 美[tel]

英英释义词组搭配考试真题实用场景例句

近义词back end pursue shadow follow heel trail

n. 尾巴；踪迹；辫子；燕尾服
vt. 尾随；装上尾巴
vi. 跟踪；变少或缩小
adj. 从后面而来的；尾部的

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词态变化

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;

助记提示

tale 故事，传说——tail尾巴
口诀：；老师讲了一个小壁虎断尾巴的故事。

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。

英英释意

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

英文词源

tail: tail: [OE] Tail comes from a prehistoric Germanic *taglaz, whose other modern descendants include German zagel ‘penis’ and Swedish tagel ‘horsehair’. This in turn went back to an Indo- European *doklos, which had the general meaning ‘something long and thin’.
tail (n.1): "hindmost part of an animal," Old English tægl, tægel "a tail," from Proto-Germanic *tagla- (cognates: Old High German zagal, German Zagel "tail," dialectal German Zagel "penis," Old Norse tagl "horse's tail," Gothic tagl "hair"), from PIE *doklos, from suffixed form of root *dek- (2) "something long and thin" (referring to such things as fringe, lock of hair, horsetail; cognates: Old Irish dual "lock of hair," Sanskrit dasah "fringe, wick"). According to OED, the primary sense, at least in Germanic, seems to have been "hairy tail," or just "tuft of hair," but already in Old English the word was applied to the hairless "tails" of worms, bees, etc. But Buck writes that the common notion is of "long, slender shape." As an adjective from 1670s.

Meaning "reverse side of a coin" (opposite the side with the head) is from 1680s; that of "backside of a person, buttocks" is recorded from c. 1300; slang sense of "pudenda" is from mid-14c.; that of "woman as sex object" is from 1933, earlier "act of copulation" with a prostitute (1846). Of descending strokes of letters, from 1590s.

Tails "coat with tails" is from 1857. The tail-race (1776) is the part of a mill race below the wheel. To turn tail "take flight" (1580s) originally was a term in falconry. The image of the tail wagging the dog is attested from 1907. Another Old English word for "tail" was steort (see stark).
tail (n.2): "limitation of ownership," a legal term, early 14c. in Anglo-French; late 13c. in Anglo-Latin, in most cases a shortened form of entail.
tail (v.): 1520s, "attach to the tail," from tail (n.1). Meaning "move or extend in a way suggestive of a tail" is from 1781. Meaning "follow secretly" is U.S. colloquial, 1907, from earlier sense of "follow or drive cattle." Related: Tailed; tailing. Tail off "diminish" is attested from 1854.

考试真题

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

Perhaps surprisingly, it is not all good news: there is a sting in the tail of the Obama effect

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.

"We'd assumed we'd have to give it a moving head and tail, facial features, and put a scene on it to make it smell like a real rat, but that wasn't necessary," says Janet wiles at the University of Queensland in Australia, who helped with the research.

词组搭配

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 police car stayed on his tail for half a mile.
一辆警车在他后面跟踪了半英里。

a piece of tail

a police car stayed on his tail for half a mile.
一辆警车在他后面跟踪了半英里。

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）

the financing system is becoming the tail that wags the dog.
真是尾巴摇狗: 财务系统反而逐渐地在控制一切了。

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

the economic boom was beginning to tail off.
经济迅猛发展的势头正在逐渐地减弱。

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

The fireworks tailed off into darkness.
烟火在夜空中逐渐消失

实用场景例句

The dog ran up, wagging its tail.: 那条狗摇着尾巴跑上前去。

The male has beautiful tail feathers.: 雄鸟有美丽的尾羽。

a white-tailed eagle: 白尾雕

the tail wing: 尾翼

the tail of a kite: 风筝的尾坠

the tail of the procession: 游行队伍的末尾

The men all wore top hat and tails.: 男士都头戴高顶礼帽，身穿晚礼服。

The police have put a tail on him .: 警方已派人对他进行盯梢。

Manx cats are tailless.: 马恩岛猫没有尾巴。

A private detective had been tailing them for several weeks.: 私人侦探几个星期来一直在跟踪他们。

The number of tourists tails off in October.: 十月份游客人数越来越少。

‘But why…? ’ Her voice tailed away.: “但是为什么…？”她的声音细了下去。

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

...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。

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。

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

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。

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。

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

Application: mainly use to shave rust and oil paint.: 用途: 主要用来刮除铁锈和墙漆.

The horse stood whisking its tail.: 那匹马站着挥动尾巴.

A dog reacts to kindness by wagging its tail.: 狗摇尾巴以报答人们的爱护.

The dog's tail wagged.: 狗尾巴摇动着.

The peacock spreads his splendid tail.: 孔雀展开了它那灿烂夺目的尾巴.

The number of tourists starts to tail off in October.: 游客在十月份开始逐渐减少.