单词 | tag |
释义 | tag (tæg ) Word forms: tags , tagging , tagged 1. countable noun A tag is a small piece of card or cloth which is attached to an object or person and has information about that object or person on it. Staff wore name tags. ...baggage tags. 2. See also dog tag, price tag 3. countable noun An electronic tag is a device that is firmly attached to someone or something and sets off an alarm if that person or thing moves away or is removed. A hospital is to fit new-born babies with electronic tags to foil kidnappers. Sometimes, they've snapped off the security tag and just taken the one shoe. 4. See also electronic tagging 5. verb If you tag something, you attach something to it or mark it so that it can be identified later. Professor Orr has developed interesting ways of tagging chemical molecules using existing laboratory lasers. [VERB noun] The most important trees were tagged to protect them from being damaged by machinery. [VERB noun] Synonyms: label, mark, flag, ticket 6. countable noun You can refer to a phrase that is used to describe someone or something as a tag. [journalism] Jazz was losing its elitist tag and gaining a much broader audience. 7. verb If you tag someone in a particular way, you keep describing them using a particular phrase or thinking of them as a particular thing. [journalism] The pundits were still tagging him with that age-old label, 'best of a bad bunch'. [VERB noun + with] She has always lived in John's house and is still tagged 'Dad's girlfriend' by his children. [be VERB-ed noun] 8. countable noun A tag is a short phrase or saying that you quote from a book, speech, or piece of writing. 9. uncountable noun Tag is a children's game in which one child chases the others and tries to touch them. 10. See also question tag Phrasal verbs: tag along phrasal verb If someone goes somewhere and you tag along, you go with them, especially when they have not asked you to. I let him tag along because he had not been too well recently. [VERB PARTICLE] She seems quite happy to tag along with them. [VERB PARTICLE + with] tag on phrasal verb If you tag something on, you add it. [informal] It is also worth tagging on an extra day or two to see the capital. [VERB PARTICLE noun] Johnson tagged on a happy ending and changed the title to 'Life Begins at 8:30'. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] Collocations: satellite tag Sociable lapwing: a satellite tag located a flock of 3,000 birds, the largest for 100 years. Times, Sunday Times The satellite tag will track the turtle's migratory route for the first time. Times, Sunday Times The satellite tags used in the study lasted only an average of about 150 days, making the question difficult to answer for now. Times, Sunday Times The satellite tags on 38 of the birds in the study suddenly stopped transmitting without any evidence of malfunction and the remains of the harriers were not found. Times, Sunday Times Satellite tags on other bird species have shown the extent of the impact of humans. Times, Sunday Times Items such as bags of sugar or rice have layers of price tags stuck one on top of another. Times, Sunday Times And watch out for do-gooders who have spotted your tag sticking out of your top, and insist on helping to cut it off. The Sun Between that and his looks, the tag stuck. The Sun There, he will begin to justify the expectations thrust upon him by a series of broodmares and the 100m price tag stuck on his head. Times, Sunday Times He paused to look at them and his eye fell on a price tag stuck into one of them. Times, Sunday Times Users tag each other on the basis of their conversations, which are indicative of their personality and get reflected in their avatars. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The user tags a song for 10 seconds and the application creates an audio fingerprint. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They found that the temporal order of tag assignment has an impact on users tag choices. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Users tag, link, and rate structured data and unstructured data sources, including relational databases, flat file databases, medical imaging, content management systems, and any network file system. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He will wear a tag during the remaining 11 months. The Sun He must wear the tag during a three-month curfew. The Sun He was told to pay 100 costs, must wear a tag and stay at home between 5pm and 11pm for six months. The Sun He must remain confined to his rented home in the city and wear a tag. The Sun He must wear a tag and stay indoors for 22 hours each day. The Sun Translations: Chinese: 标签, 给…贴标签 Japanese: 付け札, 識別する |
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