| 单词 | tail |
| 释义 | tail (once / 139 pages) 1nv 2n 3nv 4n WORD FAMILY tail: tailed, tailing, tailless, taillike, tails+/tailing: tailings USAGE EXAMPLESThe main damage to the plane appeared to be from the impact, which caused the fuselage, engines and tail to be torn apart, they said. New York Times(Nov 30, 2016) Black bass are fair on watermelon red soft plastic worms with chartreuse tails. Washington Times(Nov 30, 2016) Start by peeling shell-on shrimp, then place the shells and tails in a small saucepan filled with 2 cups of water. Washington Post(Nov 28, 2016) 1 1n the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body Hypo|Hyper rattle loosely connected horny sections at the end of a rattlesnake's tail brusha bushy tail or part of a bushy tail (especially of the fox) bob, bobtail, docka short or shortened tail of certain animals caudal appendagetail especially of a mammal posterior to and above the anus uropygiumposterior part of a bird's body from which the tail feathers grow oxtailthe skinned tail of cattle; used especially for soups flukeeither of the two lobes of the tail of a cetacean scuta short erect tail flaga conspicuously marked or shaped tail appendage, outgrowth, process a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant 2n any projection that resembles the tail of an animal Syn|Hyper tail end projection any solid convex shape that juts out from something 3n the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on Syn|Hyper ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail end, tooshie, tush body part any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity 4n the rear part of an aircraft Syn|Hyper empennage, tail assembly back, rear the side that goes last or is not normally seen 5n the rear part of a ship Syn|Hyper after part, poop, quarter, stern back, rear the side that goes last or is not normally seen 6v remove or shorten the tail of an animal Syn|Hyper bob, dock cut separate with or as if with an instrument 7v remove the stalk of fruits or berries 2Hyper pinch, top cut the top off n the time of the last part of something 3the tail of the storm Syn|Hyper fag end, tail end end, ending the point in time at which something ends 1n a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements Syn|Hyper shadow, shadower follower someone who travels behind or pursues another spya secret watcher; someone who secretly watches other people 2v go after with the intent to catch 4Syn|Hypo|Hyper chase, chase after, dog, give chase, go after, tag, track, trail tree chase an animal up a tree questsearch the trail of (game) hound, hunt, tracepursue or chase relentlessly run downpursue until captured ferrethound or harry relentlessly follow, pursue follow in or as if in pursuit n (usually plural) the reverse side of a coin that does not bear the representation of a person's head Ant|Hyper head (usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head reverse, verso the side of a coin or medal that does not bear the principal design |
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