tails

1. N-COUNT 尾;尾巴
   The tail of an animal, bird, or fish is the part extending beyond the end of its body.
   1. The cattle were swinging their tails to disperse the flies.
      那些牛甩动着尾巴驱赶苍蝇。
   2. ...a black dog with a long tail.
      长尾黑狗
2. N-COUNT (尤指细长物体的)尾部，末端
   You can use tail to refer to the end or back of something, especially something long and thin.
   1. ...the horizontal stabilizer bar on the plane's tail...
      飞机尾部的水平尾翼
   2. Elsie tugged her husband's coat tail.
      埃尔西用力拉了拉她丈夫外套的后摆。
   3. ...a comet tail.
      彗尾
3. （男子的）燕尾服，晚礼服
   If a man is wearing tails, he is wearing a formal jacket which has two long pieces hanging down at the back.
4. VERB 跟踪;盯梢;尾随
   To tail someone means to follow close behind them and watch where they go and what they do.
   1. Officers had tailed the gang from London during a major undercover inquiry...
      在一次重大的秘密调查行动中，警察从伦敦就盯上了那帮匪徒。
   2. He trusted her so little that he had her tailed.
      他十分不信任她，所以派人跟踪她。
5. N-COUNT 盯梢者;跟踪者
   A tail is someone who is paid to watch and to follow another person.
   1. He checked behind. No tail.
      他看看身后——没有人跟着。
6. (硬币的)反面
   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.
7. PHRASE 主次颠倒;喧宾夺主
   If you say that the tail is wagging the dog, you mean that a small or unimportant part of something is becoming too important and is controlling the whole thing.
   1. Past TV deals have seen the tail wagging the dog. Now football clubs feel they are equal partners with TV.
      以往和电视台的交易中，足球俱乐部就已经有过喧宾夺主的记录。现在，他们更是觉得可以和电视台平起平坐了。
8. PHRASE （由于失败或羞愧）夹着尾巴，垂头丧气
   If you say that you have your tail between your legs, you are emphasizing that you feel defeated and ashamed.
   1. His team retreated last night with tails tucked firmly between their legs.
      昨晚，他的队伍灰溜溜地退场了。
9. PHRASE 掉头逃跑;转身逃走
   If you turn tail, you turn and run away.
   1. I turned tail and fled in the direction of the main house.
      我掉头就跑，朝主屋方向逃去。
10. cannot make head or tail of something → see: head

1. Jaegers are swift black birds with long forked tails.
   贼鸥是飞行速度很快的黑色鸟类，尾部长而分叉。
2. Heads or tails?
   你猜是正面还是反面？
3. The cattle were swinging their tails to disperse the flies.
   那些牛甩动着尾巴驱赶苍蝇。
4. His team retreated last night with tails tucked firmly between their legs.
   昨晚，他的队伍灰溜溜地退场了。
5. The enemy troops ran away with their tails between their legs.
   敌军夹着尾巴逃跑了。
6. When we launched a general offensive, the enemy troops ran away with their tails between their legs.
   在我们发起总攻后，敌军就夹着尾巴逃跑了。
7. Dogs wag their tails when they are pleased.
   狗一高兴就摇尾巴。
8. Boys go into tails at sixteen.
   男孩子十六岁才穿燕尾外衣。
9. Am I to wear a dinner-jacket or tails?
   我该穿常礼服，还是燕尾服？
10. Their mutually short tails inspired the shelter staff to call the cat Bobby and the dog Bobbi.
    它们共有的特点&短尾巴，激起了收容所工作人员的灵感，于是便将猫和狗分别取名为巴比和芭比（英文与短尾同音）。
11. Dogs wag their tails for other dogs, humans, and other animals like cats.
    狗会对其它狗、人和其它动物（比如猫）摇尾巴。
12. Alligators and crocodiles also swing their tails as they swim. Their large tails give them power and speed.
    短吻鳄与鳄鱼也是通过摆动尾巴来游动，此外尾巴还能为它们提供力量和速度。
13. But as I have done more work on it I have found long tails everywhere.
    但当我做了更多的研究之后，我发现长尾理论现象无处不在。
14. Body movements and their tails to communicate.
    摇动他们的身体和尾巴来沟通。
15. They both had tails. It was the fox and the cat!
    两个强盗都有尾巴，原来它们就是那对狐狸和猫！
16. May I suggest the Lobster Tails for you?
    我可以向你推荐龙虾吗？
17. ( of animal tails or ears) cut short.
    （动物的尾巴或耳朵）剪短的。
18. Pigs have their tails cut off at birth and pulling teeth, I was shocked to see that.
    猪尾巴切断，出生时和拔牙，我吃惊地看到了。
19. Tadpoles become frogs by metamorphosis; they lose their tails and grow legs.
    蝌蚪因蜕变而变成青蛙；们去掉了尾巴、长了腿。
20. Such animals as foxes and squirrels have bushy tails.
    有些动物，如狐和松鼠，有蓬松的尾巴。
21. He wore a coat with tails.
    他穿了一件有垂尾的外套。
22. Can lizards reproduce their tails?
    蜥蜴的尾巴断了以后能再生吗？
23. Vic and I both have tails.
    vic和我都被跟踪了。
24. Who cut off their tails with a carving knife.
    谁用餐刀砍断了它们的尾巴。
25. Unlike other cats, lions have a tuft of hair at the end of their tails.
    与其他的大型猫科动物不同的是，狮子在其尾巴的末端有一小簇毛。
26. Dogs biting at each other's tails.
    互相咬住对方尾巴的狗。
27. They have short, stubby tails and long, sharp fangs.
    他们有短粗的尾巴和长而尖利的犬齿。
28. All sea people have fish tails, not feet.
    海里的人都只有鱼尾巴而没有脚。
29. Some breeds of dog have only rudimentary tails.
    有些品种的狗尾巴只有退化的部分。
30. We tossed a coin and it came down tails.
    我们扔了一个硬币，它掉下来反面朝上。

noun

1. formalwear consisting of full evening dress for men

   Synonym:    dress suitfull dresstailcoattail coatwhite tiewhite tie and tails