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tail noun | verb
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tail / tel ; teIl /noun C
1. ANIMAL 动物, the part that sticks out at the back of an animal's body, and that it can move尾巴:
•The dog wagged its tail .那条狗摇了摇尾巴。
white-tailed / long-tailed etc
•a white-tailed eagle白尾雕
2. AIRCRAFT 飞机, the back part of an aircraft〔飞机的〕尾部
3. SHIRT 衬衫, the bottom part of your shirt at the back, that you put inside your trousers〔衬衫的〕后下摆
4. BACK PART 末尾部分, usually singularthe back or last part of something, especially something that is moving away from you末尾部分，后部〔尤指离你而去的东西〕:
•We saw the tail of the procession disappearing round the corner.我们看到队尾在拐角处渐渐消失。
5. tails
a. pl.a man's jacket which is short at the front and divides into two long pieces at the back, worn to very formal events〔男子的〕晚礼服，燕尾服;SYNtailcoat
b. Uspokensaid when you are TOSSING a coin (=throwing it up in the air to decide which of two things you will do or choose)反面〔抛硬币时说的话〕;ANTheads
6. the tail end of sth the last part of an event, situation, or period of time〔某事件、形势或时期的〕尾声，末尾
7. be on sb's tail informalto be following someone closely紧跟某人
8. FOLLOW 跟踪, informalsomeone who is employed to watch and follow someone, especially a criminal盯梢者〔尤指监视罪犯者〕:
put a tail on sb ( = order someone to follow another person )派人跟踪某人
9. turn tail informalto run away because you are too frightened to fight or attack〔因不敢抵抗或攻击而〕逃跑，转身逃走
10. with your tail between your legs embarrassed or unhappy because you have failed or been defeated〔因失败或被打败而〕夹着尾巴，垂头丧气
11. it's (a case of) the tail wagging the dog informalused to say that an unimportant thing is wrongly controlling a situation主次颠倒，喧宾夺主
12. chase tail AmE informalto try to get a woman to have sex with you追女人，求欢
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tailverb Tinformal
1. to follow someone and watch what they do, where they go etc跟踪，盯…的梢:
•The police have been tailing him for several months.警察跟踪他已有几个月了。
 PHRASAL VERBS 
tail away
BrEto TAIL OFF变得越来越少（小）; 逐渐消失
tail back
BrE if traffic tails back, a long line of cars forms, for example because the road is blocked形成塞车长龙
tail off also tail away BrE
1. to become gradually less, smaller etc, and often stop or disappear completely变得越来越少（小）; 逐渐消失:
•Profits tailed off towards the end of the year.利润到年底几乎减为零了。
2. writtenif someone's voice tails off, it becomes quieter and then stops〔声音〕变得越来越小〔直至完全消失〕:
•'I didn't mean …' Her voice tailed off in embarrassment.“我不是指…”她的声音因为尴尬越来越低。

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