单词	tail
释义	noun | verb tailtail1 /teɪl/ ●●● S2 noun Etymology ETYMOLOGYtail1 Origin: Old English tægel Collocations COLLOCATIONS► wagging ... tail  The dog was wagging its tail. ► put a tail on  He put a tail on his wife. 1ANIMAL [countable] science, biology the movable part at the back of an animal’s body:  The dog was wagging its tail. → see also -tailed2BACK PART [countable usually singular] the back part of something, especially something that is moving away from you:  I took my place at the tail of the line.3AIRCRAFT [countable usually singular] the back part of an aircraft4SHIRT [countable usually singular] the bottom part of your shirt at the back, that you put inside your pants SYN shirttail5COAT tails [plural] informal a man’s suit coat with two long parts that hang down the back, worn to formal events SYN tailcoat6COIN tails [uncountable] spoken the side of a coin that does not have a person’s head on it:  Which do you want, heads or tails?7FOLLOW [countable usually singular] informal someone who is employed to watch and follow someone, especially a criminal:  He put a tail on his wife.8the tail end of something the last part of an event, situation, or period of time:  I only saw the tail end of the movie.9be on somebody’s tail (also ride somebody’s tail) to follow another car too closely10with your tail between your legs embarrassed or unhappy because you have failed or been defeated11work/play/laugh etc. your tail off informal to work, play, etc. very hard12it’s (a case of) the tail wagging the dog informal used to say that an unimportant thing is wrongly controlling a situation[Origin: Old English tægel] → see also turn tail (and run) at turn1 (23) noun | verb tailtail2 verb [transitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE tail Simple Form Present I, you, we, they tail he, she, it tails Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they tailed Present perfect I, you, we, they have tailed he, she, it has tailed Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had tailed Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will tail Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have tailed Continuous Form Present I am tailing he, she, it is tailing you, we, they are tailing Past I, he, she, it was tailing you, we, they were tailing Present perfect I, you, we, they have been tailing he, she, it has been tailing Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been tailing Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be tailing Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been tailing Thesaurus THESAURUSgo behind/after► follow a) to walk, drive, run, etc. behind or after someone else:  They followed us in their car. The president was followed by a crowd of photographers.b) to go closely behind someone in order to find out where he or she is going:  The man followed her home. ► chase to quickly follow someone or something in order to catch him, her, or it:  The store’s owner chased the thief down the street. ► pursue formal to chase someone or something:  The police pursued the car for ten miles before stopping it. ► run after to chase someone or something on foot:  She started to leave, and Smith ran after her. ► trail to follow a short distance behind someone, often because you do not want to walk with him or her:  Kenny walked down the block with his little brother trailing behind him. ► tail informal to secretly watch and follow someone such as a criminal:  Police have been tailing the drug dealer for weeks. ► track to search for a person or animal by following a smell or marks on the ground:  The police used dogs to track the missing girl. ► stalk to follow a person or animal quietly in order to catch, attack, or kill him, her, or it. You can also use stalk to mean to follow and watch someone a lot, in a way that is very annoying or frightening:  The tiger was stalking its prey. One of the singer’s fans was arrested for stalking her. ► hunt to follow an animal in order to catch and kill it:  In the book, Captain Ahab hunts the white whale called Moby Dick. informal to follow someone and watch what he or she does, where he or she goes, etc.:  The police have been tailing him for several months.► see thesaurus at followtail off phrasal verb to become gradually smaller or weaker, sometimes stopping completely:  Profits tailed off toward the end of the year.
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