tail

[teil]

n.后部, 尾巴, 尾部, 辫子, 跟随者
(复）tails: 燕尾服,(硬币的)反面
vt.跟踪, 盯 ... 的梢, 为 ... 装尾巴
vi.尾随, 附于其后,逐渐减少
n.限嗣继承
adj.限嗣继承的

例句与用法：

Lizards have four legs and a long tail.

蜥蜴有四条腿和一条长尾巴。

The sting of a scorpion is in its tail.

蝎子的毒钩在其尾部。

The actor's voice tailed away as he forgot his lines.

那演员忘了台词，说话的声音越来越小了。

词形变化：

形容词: tailless | 动词过去式: tailed | 动词过去分词: tailed | 动词现在分词: tailing | 动词第三人称单数: tails |

n.[C]

1. 尾巴; 尾部; 尾状物; 发辫

We were at the tail of the bus queue.

我们排在公共汽车候车队伍的末尾。

2. 燕尾服[P][K]

3. 盯梢的人, 侦探, 跟踪者

She couldn't figure out who put a tail on her.

她猜不透谁派人盯她的梢。

4. (硬币的)背面[P][J]

5. 【俚】屁股

vt.

1. 尾随; 盯梢; 跟踪

The detective was tailing the suspect.

侦探在跟踪嫌疑犯。

2. 为……装尾巴

vi.

1. 尾随; 跟踪[(+after/behind)]

2. 变少, 缩小[(+off/away)]

Interest in the skate board tailed off.

人们对滑冰板的兴趣渐渐小了。

a.

1. 尾部的; 后部的

2. 从后面来的

n.

【律】限嗣继承(权), 限制继承(权)

a.

限嗣继承的, 限制继承的[A]

短语词组：

have one's tail up

1. 兴高采烈

The team had their tails up after they won their first game.

赢了第一场后, 所有队员都兴高采烈。

tail after

1. 紧跟

The police were tailing after the suspect.

警方紧紧跟踪着那嫌疑犯。

tail off/away

1. 变少; 缩小

Her voice tailed off into silence.

她的话音越来越小, 终于哑然无声了。

tail on to

1. 使衔接

He tried to tail it on to another.

他试图把它与另一个连接起来。

tuck one's tail

1. 夹起尾巴; 感到羞耻

He should have tucked his tail then!

他当时真该感到羞耻。

turn tail

1. 逃跑

Badly damaged, the enemy ship turned tail hurriedly.

敌舰严重受创，落荒而逃。

with the tail between one's legs

1. 夹着尾巴; 灰溜溜地

The enemy plane fled with the tail between its legs.

敌机夹着尾巴逃跑了。

tail

名词复数：tails

过去式：tailed

过去分词：tailed

现在进行时：tailing

词形变化：

形容词: tailless | 动词过去式: tailed | 动词过去分词: tailed | 动词现在分词: tailing | 动词第三人称单数: tails |

同义词：

rear | shadow | trail | end | back | follow | pursue | heel | tail end | stern | rump | chase | tail assembly | butt | tag | prat | go after | seat | nates | backside | hindquarters | rear end | tush | dock | behind | tooshie | quarter | fag end | poop | give chase | keister | arse | shadower | derriere | fundament | buttocks | track | can | bottom | ass | posterior | dog | bob | chase after | fanny | empennage | bum | buns |

反义词：

head |

词义辨析：

同义:

n.后部

back

rear

end

vt.跟随

follow

pursue

shadow

trail

heel

反义:

n.尾部; 终结

head

tail1[teil]n.1.■尾；(动物)尾巴2.■尾状物；末尾部分3.■底部；下部；后部4.■发辫，辫子5.■【天文学】流星尾；彗(星)尾6.■【航空学】(飞机等的)尾部，尾翼，尾面；(火箭、导弹等的)后部7.■【印刷】(书页的)地脚8.■【音乐】符尾9.■[常用复数，动词用单数]硬币背面10.■[用作复数][美国口语]燕尾服，男子夜礼服11.■(旧时土耳其高官用来表示品位的)马尾旌12.■(十四行长诗等的)结尾诗句13.■【戏剧】小角色14.■质劣的部分；下脚，尾料15.■(大麦的)新芽16.■(铆钉的)钉尾17.■(候车、购物等的)长队，长列，长蛇阵18.■随从人员，扈从19.■[口语]盯梢者；暗探20.■【建筑业】(屋瓦)外露部分；(墙砖)砌入部分21.■【数学】尾部22.■(河流的)下游部分23.■[俚语]臀部，屁股24.■[俚语、粗俗语](女子的)阴部，阴道，女性生殖器25.■(作为性交对象的)女人；性交adj.1.■尾部的，后部的2.■从后面来的adv.1.■[tails](硬币)背面朝上地vt.1.■给…装上尾巴，使…成尾，使…长尾巴：The child tailed his kite.小孩儿给自己的风筝装了尾巴。2.■截去或截短或剪短(动物的)尾巴；摘除3.■排在(队伍等的)后面，形成(队伍等的)尾部；位于…的后面，紧跟…之后:We tailed a long queue.我们排在一个长队的末尾。She tailed the champion to take the second place.她紧随冠军之后获得第二名。4.■[美国口语]跟踪…，尾随…，盯…的梢：A plainclothes policeman tailed that thief.一名便衣警察跟踪那个小偷。The man was tailed by a detective.那个人被一个侦探尾随着。5.■使(某物)与(他物的)尾部连接，使衔接：to tail something on to another将某物的尾部连接到另一物上6.■[澳大利亚英语]充当放牧者，放牧7.■【建筑业】把(砖、木板、梁等的一端)嵌进(或搭上)；使搭牢(与in 或 on 连用)：The timber will be tailed in the wall.木料的一端将被嵌进墙壁。8.■[俚语、粗俗语]与(女子)性交vi.1.■排成一列；排成一行前进：They tailed up a river-side path in a single file.他们排成一纵沿着一条河边小道走去。2.■成为尾部，成为尾巴3.■掉队，落在后面4.■[美国口语]跟踪；尾随：They tailed after the suspect.他们跟踪那个嫌疑犯。to tail closely behind紧紧尾随5.■【建筑业】(砖、木板、梁等的一端)嵌进，搭上6.■【航海学】船尾朝某一方向；船尾搁浅a bit of tail[俚语、粗俗语](作为性交对象的)女子；性交[亦作 a piece of tail]a cow's tail牛尾巴[亦作cow tail]磨损散开的绳头at someone's tail尾随着某人，紧跟某人之后[亦作 at the tail of someone，close on someone's tail]chase one's tail追自己的尾巴；瞎忙一气get off one's tail着手工作而不坐等某事发生get … on the tail[军事口语](空战时)咬住…的尾巴，从背后攻击[亦作 get on the tail of]get one's tail up(海员)翘尾巴，不受约束[口语]充满信心，情绪高昂，毫不气馁[亦作 have(或 keep)one's tail up]get the (或 one's )tail down[口语]意气消沉，垂头丧气，情绪低落[亦作 have(或 keep)one's tail down]go into tails开始穿起燕尾服have no forked tail不可怕(据认为魔鬼是长着 forked tail 的)Heads I win,and tails you lose.我怎么都赢；反正我不吃亏。(出自掷硬币打赌时说：正面我赢，背面你输。)keep the tail in the water[口语]兴隆，发达make head or tail of[常用于否定句]弄明白，了解on one's tail[美国英语]紧追某人out of (或 with)the tail of one's eye斜瞅，偷眼(看)，从眼角(看)play (at) heads and tails掷硬币猜正面或背面put(或cast,drop,lay,throw)(a pinch of) salt on someone's(或 a bird's)tail诱惑诱捕；捕获；使某人落入圈套tail of the (或 one's)eye眼角，眼梢视野的边缘tail(s) up心情好，兴高采烈，兴致勃勃，跃跃欲试[Tails up!] 打起精神!振作起来!The tail wags the dog.尾巴摇狗，本末倒置；下级管上级；小人物掌大权。tread on one's own tail踩着自己的尾巴；自己伤害自己tuck one's tail夹起尾巴；感到羞愧；感到慌乱turn tail逃走，逃跑，掉转屁股跑掉twist the lion's tail(常用于指美国政论家的言论等)触犯英国；试探英国(或英国人)的耐性(尤指出于政治目的有意触犯，作为试探)冒犯当局，摸老虎屁股，触怒可怕的对手twist the tail of someone触犯某人；惹怒某人；使某人服帖；对某人施加压力[亦作 twist someone's tail]two shakes(或 jerks) of a lamb's tail一瞬间with one's tail between one's legs夹着尾巴，灰溜溜地，垂头丧气[亦作with the tail between the legs]with one's tail up翘尾巴；情绪高昂，趾高气扬with tail in the water[口语]兴隆的，发达的with tail out生气，发怒 tail2[teil]1.■【法律】n.1.■限定继承权；限嗣继承财产[亦作 entail]adj.1.■[常置于所修饰的词后]限定继承的；限嗣继承的tail female【法律】限定女嗣继承(的产业)tail male【法律】限定男嗣继承(的产业)

1. the hindmost part of an animal, especially when prolonged beyond the rest of the body, such as the flexible extension of the backbone in a vertebrate, the feathers at the hind end of a bird, or a terminal appendage in an insect
   尾巴
   ■a thing resembling an animal's tail in its shape or position, typically something extending downwards or outwards at the end of something
   尾状物
   the trailed tail of a capital Q.
   大写字母Q拖出来的尾巴。
   the cars were head to tail.
   汽车首尾相接。
   ■the rear part of an aeroplane, with the tailplane and rudder
   （飞机）尾部
   ■the lower or hanging part of a garment, especially the back of a shirt or coat
   衣服（尤指衬衫或外套背部的）下摆
   ■(tails)(informal)a tailcoat; a man's formal evening suit with such a coat
   (非正式)燕尾服；（男子的）晚礼服
   the men looked debonair in white tie and tails.
   男士们穿着燕尾服系着白领带看上去显得温文尔雅。
   ■the luminous trail of particles following a comet
   彗尾
   ■the lower end of a pool or stream
   （水池的）浅水端；（河流的）下游
   ■the exposed end of a slate or tile in a roof
   （屋瓦的）叠余外露部分
   ■a slender backward prolongation of each hindwing in some butterflies
   （一些蝴蝶的）狭翅须
   ■(Mathematics)an extremity of a curve approaching the horizontal axis of a graph, especially that of a frequency distribution
   (数)截尾
   
2. the end of a long train or line of people or vehicles
   （火车的）末节车厢；（人或车辆排成的长队的）尾端
   a catering truck at the tail of the convoy.
   位于护运车队最后的餐车。
   ■[in sing.]the final, more distant, or weaker part of something
   结尾；末梢
   the forecast says we're in for the tail of a hurricane.
   天气预报说飓风的尾部正在迫近我们。
   ■(Cricket)the end of the batting order, with the weakest batsmen
   (板球)最弱的击球手
   ■(informal)a person secretly following another to observe their movements
   (非正式)盯梢人
   
3. (informal, chiefly N. Amer.)a person's buttocks
   (非正式，主北美)屁股
   ■(vulgar slang)a woman's genitals
   (粗俚)女性生殖器
   ■[mass noun](informal)women collectively regarded as a means of sexual gratification
   (非正式)［总称］（作为满足男人性欲的工具的）女人
   my wife thinks going out with you guys will keep me from chasing tail.
   我妻子认为我和你们这些人出去就能防止我在外面找女人。
   
4. (tails)the side of a coin without the image of a head on it (used when tossing a coin to determine a winner)
   硬币的反面
   

1. (informal)follow and observe (someone) closely, especially in secret
   (非正式)偷偷跟踪，盯…的梢
   was it Special Branch who were tailing Mills just before the murder?.
   是政治保安处在谋杀案发生前跟踪米尔的吗？。
   ■[no obj., with adverbial of direction]follow
   跟随
   they went to their favourite cafe—Owen and Sally tailed along.
   他们去了他们最喜欢的咖啡馆——欧文和萨莉也跟着去了。
   
2. [no obj., with adverbial of direction](N. Amer.)(of an object in flight) drift or curve in a particular direction
   (北美)（飞行物体）（朝…）漂移，成弧线（向…）飞去
   the next pitch tailed in on me at the last second.
   紧接着的横传球在最后一秒向我飞来。
   
3. (rare)provide with a tail
   (罕)给…加上尾巴
   her calligraphy was topped by banners of black ink and tailed like the haunches of fabulous beasts.
   她写的字头部像迎风飘扬的黑色旗帜，尾部如传说中野兽那遒劲有力的腰腿。
   
4. (archaic)join (one thing) to another
   (古)连接
   each new row of houses tailed on its drains to those of its neighbours.
   每一排新房子里的排水管道都和其相邻房屋的排水管道相连接。
   
5. pull on the end of (a rope) after it has been wrapped round the drum of a winch a few times, in order to prevent slipping when the winch rotates
   拉紧（绞索）
   

1. (informal)rush around ineffectually
   (非正式)无谓瞎忙
   

1. following someone closely
   紧跟，跟踪
   a police car stayed on his tail for half a mile.
   一辆警车在他后面跟踪了半英里。
   

1. 见 piece
   

1. (dated)the outer corner of one's eye
   (旧)眼角
   

1. the less important or subsidiary factor, person, or thing dominates a situation; the usual roles are reversed
   尾巴摇狗（处于从属地位的人或事物控制局势；本末倒置）
   the financing system is becoming the tail that wags the dog.
   真是尾巴摇狗: 财务系统反而逐渐地在控制一切了。
   

1. (informal)in a state of dejection or humiliation
   (非正式)夹着尾巴；灰溜溜地
   

1. (informal)in a confident or cheerful mood
   (非正式)趾高气扬地
   

1. [in combination]a white-tailed deer.
   白尾巴鹿。
   

1. Old English tæg(e)l, from a Germanic base meaning 'hair, hairy tail'; related to Middle Low German tagel 'twisted whip, rope's end'. The early sense of the verb (early 16th cent.) was 'fasten to the back of something'
   

1. (Brit.)(of traffic) become congested and form a tailback
   (英)（交通）堵塞排成长队
   

1. insert the end of a beam, stone, or brick, into (a wall)
   把（梁、石头、砖的端头）嵌入（墙内）
   

1. gradually diminish in amount, strength, or intensity
   （数量、力量、强度）逐渐减弱
   the economic boom was beginning to tail off.
   经济迅猛发展的势头正在逐渐地减弱。
   

1. [mass noun](Law, chiefly historical)limitation of ownership, especially of an estate or title limited to a person and their heirs
   (律 主史)限制继承权。 参见fee tail
   the land was held in tail general.
   这片土地是不分性别限嗣继承的。
   

1. Middle English (denoting a tallage): from Old French taille 'notch, tax', from taillier 'to cut', based on Latin talea 'twig, cutting'
   

tail

名词 tail:

the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body

the time of the last part of something

同义词：fag end, tail end

any projection that resembles the tail of an animal

同义词：tail end

the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

同义词：buttocks, nates, arse, butt, backside, bum, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters, hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, stern, seat, tail end, tooshie, tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass

a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements

同义词：shadow, shadower

(usually plural) the reverse side of a coin that does not bear the representation of a person's head

the rear part of an aircraft

同义词：tail assembly, empennage

the rear part of a ship

同义词：stern, after part, quarter, poop

动词 tail:

go after with the intent to catch

同义词：chase, chase after, trail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, track

remove or shorten the tail of an animal

同义词：dock, bob

remove the stalk of fruits or berries

tail

■A boy hung on to the donkey's tail.

一个男孩拉着驴尾巴。

■A squirrel was fluffing out its tail.

一只松鼠正在弄松它的尾巴。

■A whale was thrashing the water with its tail.

一条鲸鱼不住地用尾巴击水。

■A stout tail wind was giving a friendly boost.

一股强劲的顺风正在给予有利的推动。

■Don't pull the cat by its tail,that's cruel.

不要拽猫的尾巴，那太残忍了。

■Extremes meet, as the whiting said with its tail in its mouth.

两极是相通的嘛——当牙鳕把自己的尾巴放进口里时说。

■Forked lightning; a forked tail.

之字形闪电; 之字形尾巴

■Copulatory bursa draw out to 3/4on the tail.

交合伞不全包盖尾,至尾部约3/4处.

■A human being has the vestige of a tail.

人类仍有尾巴退化的痕迹。

■What has nothing but a head and tail?

什么东西只有脑袋和尾巴?

■Hair by hair you will pull out the horse's tail.

从容镇定能获胜。

■Without saying a word he had turned tail.

他一句话也没说就跑了。

■The next time he comes near this house I'll put salt on his tail.

他下次再接近这所房子，我定抓住他。

■As soon as they saw us coming they turned tail and ran.

他们一看见我们来了，掉头就跑。

■He is watching me from the tail of his eye.

他在偷偷地注视着我。

■He came at the tail end of the lecture.

他在讲座快结束时才来。

■He was sitting around the house on his tail end.

他坐在房子的附近。

■He should have tucked his tail then!

他当时真该感到羞耻。

■He is always pulling the devil by the tail.

他总是不断同困难作斗争。

■He teased the dog by pulling its tail.

他扯狗尾巴逗弄狗。

■He noticed this out of the tail of his eye.

他把这一切都暗中看在眼里。

■He has his tail between his legs.

他神色沮丧。

■He hated to tuck his tail and back down now.

他讨厌此时夹着尾巴退回来。

■His account of his holiday in Paris was very impressive, but the sting in the tail was the amount of money it had cost him.

他讲述他在巴黎度假的故事令人难忘，不过最令人意想不到的是他所用的花费。

■He spoke such a jargon I couldn't make head or tail of what he said.

他讲那么一种方言土语，我根本不懂他说什么。

■He tried to tail it on to another.

他试图把它与另一个连接起来。

■But that's no reason to turn tail and run whenever Khomeini shouts Yankee, Go home!

但这并不构成每当霍梅尼大叫“老美，滚回去！”时掉头就跑的理由。

■You are only a dog! Wag your tail!

你只是只狗！摇尾巴啊

■You've forgotten to keep in your shirt tail.

你忘记把衬衫下摆塞进裤子了。

■It was naughty of you to pull the cat's tail.

你拉猫的尾巴太顽皮了。

■Can you make head or tail of the letter?

你看得懂这封信封吗?

■It is naughty of you to pull the cat' s tail.

你真淘气，竟然拉猫尾巴。

■Can you make head of tail of the letter?

你能看得懂这封信吗?

■If you wish to catch that robin, try putting a pinch of salt on its tail.

你要是想抓住那只知更鸟，设法撒一点盐在鸟尾巴上，这样就能逮住它。

■Have you ever seen a dog wag its tail?

你见过狗摇尾巴吗?

■Can the Libyan tail wag the Egyptian dog?

利比亚这小国家能左右埃及这样的大国吗？

■Stop teasing the cat, eg by pulling its tail.

别逗猫（如揪猫尾巴）.

■All the good weather came at the tail end of our holiday.

到我们假期的末尾天气才好起来。

■The solid or fleshy part of an animal's tail.

动物尾巴骨肉部分.

■North American shrew with tail less than half its body length.

北美洲鼩鼱，尾巴比其身体的一半还短。

■The lion lashed its tail about whenever anyone came near its cage.

只要有人走近狮子笼，狮子就不安地把尾巴摇来摆去。

■Any of a breed of small dog developed in China, having a flat nose, a long-haired coat, short bowed forelegs, and a tail that curls over its back.

哈巴狗一种在中国衍生发展长有扁平的鼻子且浑身长毛的小狗，有短小如弓状的前足及卷曲在背上的尾巴

■In the Manx type of cat, the tail is absent.

在曼岛猫的类型中不会出现尾巴。

■The cow stood contentedly in the field, whisking flies away with her tail.

奶牛很满足地站在地里，用尾巴赶着苍蝇。

■She went to the street with a large group of children at her tail.

她朝街上走去，后面跟着一大群孩子。

■She can not figure out who put a tail on her.

她猜不透谁派人盯她的梢。

■If you find your work interesting, you can work your tail off.

如果你觉得工作有趣，你是会拼命去干的。

■The peacock spreads his splendid tail.

孔雀展开了它那灿烂夺目的尾巴。

■The peacock is showing its tail feathers now.

孔雀正在开屏。

■The peacock raised his tail and spread it.

孔雀翘起尾巴开屏了。

have one's tail up

1. 兴高采烈

The team had their tails up after they won their first game.

赢了第一场后, 所有队员都兴高采烈。

tail after

1. 紧跟

The police were tailing after the suspect.

警方紧紧跟踪着那嫌疑犯。

tail off/away

1. 变少; 缩小

Her voice tailed off into silence.

她的话音越来越小, 终于哑然无声了。

tail on to

1. 使衔接

He tried to tail it on to another.

他试图把它与另一个连接起来。

tuck one's tail

1. 夹起尾巴; 感到羞耻

He should have tucked his tail then!

他当时真该感到羞耻。

turn tail

1. 逃跑

Badly damaged, the enemy ship turned tail hurriedly.

敌舰严重受创，落荒而逃。

with the tail between one's legs

1. 夹着尾巴; 灰溜溜地

The enemy plane fled with the tail between its legs.

敌机夹着尾巴逃跑了。