音标:[teil] ; 柯林斯词典等级:3 级; 牛津三千核心词汇;
n. 尾部, 后部, 辫子, 随员, 特务, 燕尾服, 踪迹, 限定继承(权)
a. 在后面的, 从后面而来的, 限定继承的, 尾部的, 后部的
vt. 为...装尾, 附于其后, 尾随, 使搭牢, 跟踪, 监视
vi. 跟踪, 船尾搁浅
n. the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body
n. any projection that resembles the tail of an animal
n. a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements
n. (usually plural) the reverse side of a coin that does not bear the representation of a person's head
词型变化:名词复数形式 : tails ; 过去式 : tailed ; 现在分词 : tailing ; 过去分词 : tailed ; 第三人称单数 : tails
考试类型:[中考/高考/四级/六级/考研/托福]
词性分布:
名词96%
动词4%

tail的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. He drove into the back of my truck and smashed the tail light.他开车撞进我卡车的后部,把我的尾灯撞得粉碎。
  2. Lizards have four legs and a long tail.蜥蜴有四条腿和一条长尾巴。
  3. The sting of a scorpion is in its tail.蝎子的毒钩在其尾部。
  4. She braids her hair in little tails.她把头发编成一根根小辫。
  5. She can not figure out who put a tail on her.她猜不透谁派人盯她的梢。
  1. A coin has two sides,a head and a tail.硬币有正反两面。
用作及物动词(vt.)
  1. I have notified them to watch and tail him.我已通知了他们监视跟踪他。
  2. He tailed the spy to his hotel.他跟踪那间谍到他住的旅馆。
  3. Would you tail the kite for me?你能帮我给风筝装个尾巴吗?
用作不及物动词(vi.)
  1. The children tailed after the parade.孩子们跟在游行队伍后面。

常见句型

用作名词(n.)
  1. A fox cannot hide its tail.狐狸的尾巴是藏不住的。
  2. You can touch a hibernating animal, or even pull its tail, without causing it to move or wake up.你可以摸冬眠的动物,甚至拉它的尾巴,也不会使它动一动或醒来。
  3. The tiger lashed its tail about whenever anyone came near its cage.一有人走近笼子,老虎就不停地甩尾巴。
  4. We knew the animal was in there, because it left its tail poking out.我们知道这动物在那里面,因为它的尾巴还露在外面。
  5. The bird is colored yellowish on its back, wings and tail.这鸟的背部、翼、尾羽呈淡黄色。
  6. This bird is easily recognized from its size and the unusual shape of its tail.通过体形的大小和形状特别的尾巴,可以容易地认出这是只什么鸟。
  7. Some guinea pigs lack tails.有些豚鼠没有尾巴。
  8. Cows use their tails to keep away flies.牛常用尾巴驱赶苍蝇。
  9. I prefer to sit towards the tail of the plane.我喜欢坐在靠尾部的机舱。
  10. The tail won't come off the toy plane, it's fixed on with nails.玩具飞机的机尾掉不下来,它是用钉子钉住的。
  11. We saw the tail of the procession disappearing round the bend.我们看着游行队伍的尾部消失在转弯处。
  12. A crowd of small boys formed the tail of the procession.一群小男孩走在队伍的尾部。
  13. The police have put a tail on me so they know my every move.警方雇了一个暗探盯我的梢,所以我的一举一动他们都清楚。
  14. For a formal occasion at the palace you must wear tails.在宫廷正式的场合中,你应该穿燕尾服。
  15. A coin has two sides, a head and a tail.硬币有正反两面。
  16. Twice the coin came down tails.硬币两次落下时都是反面朝上。
  17. Heads you do the dishes, tails I do them.你猜正面还是反面?正面你洗盘子,反面我来洗。
用作动词(v.)
用作不及物动词S+~(+A)
  1. The ship tailed down stream.那船船尾朝下游停着。
用作及物动词S+~+ n./pron.
  1. The police have been tailing me.警察一直在跟踪着我。
  2. The detective tailed the thief through the crowd.侦探在人群中穿梭,尾随着小偷。
  3. The secret agent tailed the spy to his hotel.该特工跟踪那个间谍到他住的旅馆。
  4. He tailed the car until it had driven beyond the city boundary.他一直跟踪到那辆汽车驶出该城市的边界。
  5. I tailed the model plane.我给模型飞机装了尾翼。
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  7. You are being tailed.有人在盯你的梢。

常用短语

用作名词(n.)
make head or tail of
    〈非正〉看懂 understand; find a meaning in
the tail wag the dog
    尾巴摇狗; 〈喻〉本末倒置 situation in which a minor part of sth is controlling or determining the course of the whole
turn tail
    转身(逃走),逃跑 turn round defeated (and run away)
with one's tail between one's legs
    夹着尾巴,垂头丧气,灰溜溜地 in a sad〔ashamed〕 manner
用作动词(v.)
tail after (v.+prep.)
    尾随,跟踪 follow close behindtail after sb/sth

    That dog is always seen tailing after its master.

    老是可以看见那条狗紧紧地跟在它主人后面。

    An ambulance tailed after the marathon runners.

    一辆救护车跟在马拉松运动员的后面。

tail back (v.+adv.)
    造成交通阻塞 form a traffic jamtail back

    The traffic was tailing back all the way to the city centre.

    道路交通一直阻塞到市中心。

    Traffic tailed back for 15 miles when the road was blocked by an accident.

    当公路因事故受阻时,后面停下的车辆长达15英里。

tail off (v.+adv.)
    变得越来越轻〔分散〕 grow progressively fainter or more scattered

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)
动词+~
  • dock a tail剪短尾巴
  • shorten a tail剪短尾巴
  • stick a tail up翘尾巴
  • get one's tail down害怕,失去勇气
  • get one's tail up情绪很高
  • put a tail on sb派人暗中跟踪某人
  • turn tail转身逃跑
形容词+~
  • bushy tail蓬松的尾巴
  • furry tail毛茸茸的尾巴
  • long tail长尾巴
  • short tail短尾巴
~+名词
  • tail wind顺风,由后面吹来的风
介词+~
  • at the tail of在…末尾,在…最后
  • by the tail结尾,终究
  • with one's tail between one's legs垂头丧气
用作动词 (v.)
~+名词
  • tail a kite为风筝装尾巴
  • tail a model plane为模型飞机装尾翼
  • tail the spy跟踪间谍
  • tail thief跟踪小偷
~+副词
  • tail aimlessly无目的地跟踪
  • tail alternately有变化地跟踪
  • tail carefully小心翼翼地跟踪
  • tail casually漫无目的地跟踪
  • tail cautiously谨慎地跟踪
  • tail cleverly机敏地跟踪
  • tail closely紧紧地跟踪
  • tail constantly不断地跟踪
  • tail deliberately谨慎地跟踪
  • tail frequently不断地跟踪
  • tail moderately适度地跟踪
  • tail mysteriously秘密地跟踪
  • tail originally最初跟踪
  • tail properly恰当地跟踪
  • tail readily有准备地跟踪
  • tail scientifically科学地跟踪
  • tail seriously认真地跟踪
  • tail skillfully技术高超地跟踪
  • tail slowly慢慢地跟踪
  • tail solely单独地跟踪
  • tail specially具体地跟踪
  • tail thoroughly全面地跟踪
  • tail wilfully故意地跟踪
  • tail wisely明智地跟踪
  • tail back尾随,跟踪,造成交通阻塞
  • tail off零散地落在后面,变得越来越少〔小〕
~+介词
  • tail after尾随,跟踪
  • tail after a suspect跟踪嫌疑犯

经典引文

  • Tails of birds of paradise and peacocks.

    出自:R. Dawkins
  • The long rat-like tail was quite..robust.

    出自:A. Hardy
  • What is this but to tail one folly to another?

    出自:J. Scott
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