英汉词典

tail 基本解释

• 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

tail 词态变化

tail 中文词源

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 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.

tail 词组搭配

tail 英文释义

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

tail 双语例句

1. When in danger, the anteater lashes its tail round a branch.

遇有危险，食蚁兽会迅速用尾巴卷住树枝。

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2. I couldn't make head nor tail of the damn film.

这部该死的影片我一点儿都看不懂。

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3. 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。

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4. The boys wore black tail coats in mourning for George III.

男孩身穿黑色燕尾服为乔治三世服丧。

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5. It has a short stumpy tail covered with bristles.

它粗短的尾巴上鬃毛浓密。

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tail 实用场景例句

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...a black dog with a long tail.

长尾黑狗

柯林斯高阶英语词典

...the horizontal stabilizer bar on the plane's tail...

飞机尾部的水平尾翼

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Elsie tugged her husband's coat tail.

埃尔西用力拉了拉她丈夫外套的后摆。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He trusted her so little that he had her tailed.

他十分不信任她，所以派人跟踪她。

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He checked behind. No tail.

他看看身后——没有人跟着。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

I turned tail and fled in the direction of the main house.

我掉头就跑，朝主屋方向逃去。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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.

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A dog reacts to kindness by wagging its tail.

狗摇尾巴以报答人们的爱护.

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The dog's tail wagged.

狗尾巴摇动着.

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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.

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