基本释义
- n.
- 尾（巴）; 尾部; 燕尾服; 尾随者，跟踪者
- v.
- 跟踪，尾随; 装上尾巴
实用例句
The dog ran up, wagging its tail.
那条狗摇着尾巴跑上前去。
牛津词典
The male has beautiful tail feathers.
雄鸟有美丽的尾羽。
牛津词典
a white-tailed eagle
白尾雕
牛津词典
the tail wing
尾翼
牛津词典
the tail of a kite
风筝的尾坠
牛津词典
the tail of the procession
游行队伍的末尾
牛津词典
The men all wore top hat and tails.
男士都头戴高顶礼帽，身穿晚礼服。
牛津词典
The police have put a tail on him .
警方已派人对他进行盯梢。
牛津词典
Manx cats are tailless.
马恩岛猫没有尾巴。
牛津词典
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。
牛津词典
The number of tourists tails off in October.
十月份游客人数越来越少。
牛津词典
‘But why…? ’ Her voice tailed away.
“但是为什么…？”她的声音细了下去。
牛津词典
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.
期刊摘选
The horse stood whisking its tail.
那匹马站着挥动尾巴.
《简明英汉词典》
A dog reacts to kindness by wagging its tail.
狗摇尾巴以报答人们的爱护.
《简明英汉词典》
The dog's tail wagged.
狗尾巴摇动着.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
The peacock spreads his splendid tail.
孔雀展开了它那灿烂夺目的尾巴.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
The number of tourists starts to tail off in October.
游客在十月份开始逐渐减少.
《简明英汉词典》
真题例句
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
出自-2010年6月阅读原文Perhaps surprisingly, it is not all good news: there is a sting in the tail of the Obama effect
出自-2010年6月阅读原文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.
出自-2013年12月听力原文"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.
2020年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ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 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
1. go after with the intent to catch;
"The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"
"the dog chased the rabbit"
2. remove or shorten the tail of an animal
3. remove the stalk of fruits or berries