tail /teɪl/ star3 CET4 TEM4 (tailing,tailed,tails)

• 1.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） The tail of an animal, bird, or fish is the part extending beyond the end of its body. 尾巴

  例：

  ...a black dog with a long tail.

  …一只长尾巴的黑狗。

• 2.  

  N-COUNT（可数名词） You can use tail to refer to the end or back of something, especially something long and thin. (尤指细长物体的) 尾部

  例：

  ...the horizontal stabilizer bar on the plane's tail.

  …飞机尾部的水平稳定杆。

• 3.  

  N-PLURAL（复数型名词） 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

  例：

  ...men in tails and women in party dresses.

  …穿燕尾服的男士和穿宴会礼服的女士。

• 4.  

  V-T（及物动词） To tail someone means to follow close behind them and watch where they go and what they do. 跟踪 [非正式]

  例：

  Officers had tailed the gang during a major undercover operation.

  警方在一次重大的秘密行动中跟踪过这个团伙。

• 5.  

  ADV（副词） 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. (硬币) 反面朝上地 [ADV after v]

  例：

  "Heads or tails?"

  “正面还是反面？”

• 6.  

  （） cannot make head or tail of something →see head