tails

柯林斯詞典

tail /te?l/ (tailing,tailed,tails)

• 1. N-COUNT The tail of an animal, bird, or fish is the part extending beyond the end of its body. 尾巴

  ...a black dog with a long tail. …一只長尾巴的黑狗。

• 2. N-COUNT You can use tail to refer to the end or back of something, especially something long and thin. (尤指細(xì)長物體的) 尾部

  ...the horizontal stabilizer bar on the plane's tail. …飛機尾部的水平穩(wěn)定桿。

• 3. N-PLURAL If a man is wearing tails, he is wearing a formal jacket which has two long pieces hanging down at the back. 燕尾服

  ...men in tails and women in party dresses. …穿燕尾服的男士和穿宴會禮服的女士。

• 4. V-T To tail someone means to follow close behind them and watch where they go and what they do. 跟蹤[非正式]

  Officers had tailed the gang during a major undercover operation. 警方在一次重大的秘密行動中跟蹤過這個團(tuán)伙。

• 5. ADV If you toss a coin and it comes down tails, you can see the side of it that does not have a picture of a head on it. (硬幣) 反面朝上地[ADV after v]

  "Heads or tails?"

  “正面還是反面？”

  The captain called heads as usual — and the coin came down tails. 隊長像以往一樣叫了正面—可硬幣反面朝上地落了下來。

• 6. cannot make head or tail of something→see head

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