| 单词 | tag-tail |
| 释义 | > as lemmastag-tail tag-tail n. a worm with a yellow tag or tail; also, a parasite, a hanger-on. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > division Vermes > [noun] > member of (worm) > with yellow tail tag-worm1602 tag-tail1653 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > flattery or flattering > servile flattery or currying favour > [noun] > servile flatterer > parasite clienta1393 lick-dishc1440 maunche present1440 scambler?a1513 smell-feast1519 parasite1539 hanger-on1549 parasitaster1552 waiter at the table1552 lick-trencher1571 hang-by1579 shadow1579 trencher-fly1590 trencher-friend1590 fawnguest1592 pot-hunter1592 lick-spigot1599 trencherman1599 shark1600 tub-hunter1600 zany1601 lick-box1611 by-hangera1626 cosherer1634 shirk1639 panlicker1641 clientelary1655 tantony1659 led friend1672 sponger1677 fetcher and carrier1751 myrmidon1800 trencher-licker1814 onhanger1821 tag-tail1835 sponge1838 lick-ladle1849 lick-platter1853 sucker1856 freeloader1933 bludger1938 ligger1977 joyrider1990 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler iv. 95 There are..divers other kindes of worms..as the marsh-worm, the tag-tail,..the gilt-tail. View more context for this quotation 1681 J. Chetham Angler's Vade Mecum iv. 26 Tagtail Is a Worm of..a pale flesh colour, with a yellow tag on his tail. 1835 C. A. Davis Lett. J. Downing, Major (new ed.) xxxvi. 311 You are surrounded by sich a raft of snuffle-nose, scabby set of tag-tails, that I can't have nothin more to do with you. 1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Tag-tail..a person who attaches himself to another against the will of the latter; a dependent; a sycophant; a parasite. 1875 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports (ed. 12) i. v. xi. §3. 312 The Tagtail is common in good strong clays which are well-manured for turnips, mangold-wurzel, &c. < as lemmas |
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