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单词 tag
释义 tag
I. \ˈtag, -aa(ə)-, -ai-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English tagge, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Swedish & Norwegian tagg barb, prickle; perhaps akin to Middle Low German tacke pointed instrument, sharp point — more at tack
1. : a loose hanging piece of cloth : tatter, rag
2. : a metal or plastic ferrule on an end of a shoelace for facilitating passage through an eyelet
3. : a piece of material hanging from or attached to something: as
 a. : a loop, knot, or tassel on a garment
  < their long-plumed hats and … endless tags and aiglets and rosettes — Austin Dobson >
 b. : a large lock of soiled and matted wool
 c. : a strip of parchment attached to a deed for bearing a seal
 d.
  (1) : a shred of flesh or muscle
  (2) : a small abnormal projecting piece of tissue especially when potentially or actually neoplastic in character
 e. : a shred of metal adhering to a casting
4. : the tip of an animal's tail; specifically : the white tip of a fox's tail
5.
 a. : material added as ornamentation or explanation to something written or spoken
  < tags provided a moral framework for the play — Muriel C. Bradbrook >
 b.
  (1) : a brief quotation used for rhetorical emphasis or sententious effect
   < in the great days of … empire building, Latin tags were on the lips of the builders — D.W.Brogan >
   < dotes on … spellbinding oratory stuffed with big words … and Latin tagsNewsweek >
   < famous Popian tag — Donald Davie >
  (2) : a hackneyed saying or quotation : cliché, saw
   < the trite tag … that wars are declared by the wicked and fought by the virtuous — Herbert Agar >
   < could hardly open his mouth without using one or other of his tags — Samuel Butler †1902 >
 c. : tagline 1
 d. : a rhyming end of a line of verse
 e. : a closing usually improvised phrase in a jazz piece — compare coda
 f. : a recurrent characteristic verbal expression
  < characters with mannerisms and tags of speech parade through the novel — E.R.Davis >
 g. : a word or phrase acting as an interrogative increment to a question
  < the tag isn't it in “it's fine, isn't it?” >
6.
 a.
  (1) : a marker made usually of cardboard, plastic, or metal and used for identification or classification
   < a tag pinned to his lapel, bearing his name and destination — Current Biography >
   < a string shipping tag slipped through a loop in the handle is used instead of the gummed label — Elizabeth Golterman >
   — see dog tag, license plate, price tag
  (2) : tagboard
 b. : a word or phrase used as an often superficial description or identification : label, epithet
  < to the name of murderess would be added the tag of ingrate — Grace Metalious >
  < social behaviorist is the tag that has remained on him — Maurice Natanson >
7. : a small piece of tinsel or other bright material encircling the shank of the hook at the end of the body of an artificial fly — see fly illustration
8. : a detached fragmentary piece of something : vestige
 < the few tags and oddments I was able to hold on to, and treasure up in memory — Thomas Wood †1950 >
9. : a document notifying an automobile owner of having committed a traffic violation : ticket
 < been putting tags on the car at twenty-minute intervals — Erle Stanley Gardner >
10. : label 9
II. verb
(tagged ; tagged ; tagging ; tags)
Etymology: Middle English taggen, from tagge, n.
transitive verb
1. : to provide or mark with or as if with a tag: as
 a. : to supply with an identifying marker
  < took a week to tag every item in the store >
 b.
  (1) : to provide with a verbal tag
   < tags his speeches with poetry — Examiner >
  (2) : to provide with a name or epithet : label, identify, brand
   < one might tag this book traditional — William Nicoll >
   < the trick is always to tag the other fellow as … left-wing — T.H.White b. 1915 >
   < study of what have perhaps loosely been tagged as guilt patterns — Abraham Edel >
   < tag with an unfavorable word the pursuit of human desires — F.L.Mott >
 c. : to put a ticket on for a traffic violation
  < cars tagged for obstructing traffic — J.C.Ingraham >
2.
 a. obsolete : to fasten together : conjoin
 b. : to link together especially with rhymes
3. : to attach as an addition : join, append
 < tagged to our name all the opprobrious epithets the English language supplies — Thomas Campbell >
 < the general theory … tagged on at the end seems a little forced — Rayner Heppenstall >
4. : to clear (a sheep) of tags of wool
5. : to follow closely and persistently : dog, tail, trail
 < tags his big brothers around — John Bird >
 < a huge hammerhead shark … was tagging me — H.A.Chippendale >
6. : to hold responsible for something : saddle
 < is tagged with the … defeat — Gordon Harrison >
as
 a. : to charge with a violation of the law
  < was tagged by … Michigan cops for driving through a stop signal — Best True Fact Detective >
  < was tagged for … assault — Burt Woolis >
 b. : to charge (a pitcher) with defeat in baseball
  < made two more runs in the eighth to tag him with his first setback of the season >
7. : to fix the price of
 < decided to tag the picture at $100 >
8.
 a. : label 2
  < tag penicillin molecules with radioactive sulfur as tracer >
 b. : to distinguish (as a part of a living organism or the organism as a whole) by introducing a labeled atom
  < the donors' red cells became tagged by the radioactive iron atoms in the hemoglobin molecules of the red cells — R.D.Evans >
intransitive verb
: to keep close : stay close at hand
 < first honeymoon I ever knew where a mother-in-law tagged — W.A.White >
 < tagged after her, glancing over her shoulder — Hamilton Basso >
 < inclined to crash parties or tag onto older groups — Elizabeth Bowen >
 < two unarmed launches tagged behind — Joseph Millard >
 < a spaniel tagging at their heels — Corey Ford >
Synonyms: see follow
III. noun
(-s)
Etymology: origin unknown
1. : a game in which one player chases the others and tries to touch one to make him it
2. : an act or instance of tagging a runner in baseball
 < put the tag on him as he slid into third >
IV. transitive verb
(tagged ; tagged ; tagging ; tags)
1.
 a. : to touch in or as if in a game of tag
  < runs … around the outside of the circle and tags another as he goes — Ruth McIntire >
 b. : to put out (a runner in baseball) by a touch with the ball or the gloved hand in which the ball is held — often used with out
  < tagged him out on a steal of home >
2.
 a. : to hit solidly : strike
  < tagged his opponent on the jaw twice in the first round >
  < was almost tagged by passing cars — James Thurber >
 b. : to hit (a baseball) with a bat
  < tagged the first pitch to deep right center >
3. [partly from tag (IV); partly from tag (II) ] : to choose especially for a special purpose : select, pick
 < peacetime equipment … would be tagged for civil defense use — R.W.Stokely >
 < two years at the forestry school … before the Army tagged him — Nard Jones >
4. : to make a hit or a run off (a pitcher) in baseball
 < was tagged for six hits and three runs in the second inning and lost his fourth game of the season >
V. noun
: a graffito in the form of an identifying name or symbol
tag verb
tagger noun
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