1. turn tail : 逃跑；
tail
1. turn tail : 逃跑；
及物動(dòng)詞
1. The detective was tailing the suspect.
偵探在跟蹤嫌疑犯。
2. tail的近義詞
2. The police have been tailing him.
警察一直在尾隨著他。
名詞
1. We were at the tail of the bus queue.
我們立在公車候車隊(duì)伍的末尾。
2. tail的解釋
2. Heads or tails?
你猜正面還是背面？
3. She couldn't figure out who put a tail on her.
她猜不透誰派人盯她的梢。
1. 尾片白片：尾片白片 (TAIL) 一卷影片末端所接的一段不透明膠片,以確保影片完整的放映到最后一格,也對(duì)影片有保護(hù)作用. 維士寬銀幕 (VISTAVISION) 美國(guó)派拉蒙公司出品的一種寬銀幕系統(tǒng). 外國(guó)版 (FOREIGN VERSION) 與原版影片不同語系的放映拷貝,
2. 彗尾：但有時(shí)因太陽的引力而以橢圓形的軌道在太陽系里漫游. 彗星有三個(gè)部分,分別是彗核(Nucleus彗發(fā)(Coma)構(gòu)成彗星的頭部和彗尾(Tail). 彗發(fā)(Coma)和彗尾(Tail)運(yùn)行到太陽附近時(shí),彗星物質(zhì)受太陽輻射的照射、蒸發(fā)與太陽風(fēng)的吹襲,才形成彗發(fā)與彗尾.
1. 尾;尾巴
The tail of an animal, bird, or fish is the part extending beyond the end of its body.
e.g. The cattle were swinging their tails to disperse the flies.
那些牛甩動(dòng)著尾巴驅(qū)趕蒼蠅。
e.g. ...a black dog with a long tail.
長(zhǎng)尾黑狗
2. (尤指細(xì)長(zhǎng)物體的)尾部，末端
You can use tail to refer to the end or back of something, especially something long and thin.
e.g. ...the horizontal stabilizer bar on the plane's tail...
飛機(jī)尾部的水平尾翼
e.g. Elsie tugged her husband's coat tail.
埃爾西用力拉了拉她丈夫外套的后擺。
3. （男子的）燕尾服，晚禮服
If a man is wearing tails, he is wearing a formal jacket which has two long pieces hanging down at the back.
4. 跟蹤;盯梢;尾隨
To tail someone means to follow close behind them and watch where they go and what they do.
e.g. Officers had tailed the gang from London during a major undercover inquiry...
在一次重大的秘密調(diào)查行動(dòng)中，警察從倫敦就盯上了那幫匪徒。
e.g. He trusted her so little that he had her tailed.
他十分不信任她，所以派人跟蹤她。
5. 盯梢者;跟蹤者
A tail is someone who is paid to watch and to follow another person.
e.g. He checked behind. No tail.
他看看身后——沒有人跟著。
6. (硬幣的)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. 主次顛倒;喧賓奪主
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.
e.g. Past TV deals have seen the tail wagging the dog. Now football clubs feel they are equal partners with TV.
以往和電視臺(tái)的交易中，足球俱樂部就已經(jīng)有過喧賓奪主的記錄。現(xiàn)在，他們更是覺得可以和電視臺(tái)平起平坐了。
8. （由于失敗或羞愧）夾著尾巴，垂頭喪氣
If you say that you have your tail between your legs, you are emphasizing that you feel defeated and ashamed.
e.g. His team retreated last night with tails tucked firmly between their legs.
昨晚，他的隊(duì)伍灰溜溜地退場(chǎng)了。
9. 掉頭逃跑;轉(zhuǎn)身逃走
If you turn tail, you turn and run away.
e.g. I turned tail and fled in the direction of the main house.
我掉頭就跑，朝主屋方向逃去。
10. cannot make head or tail of something -> see head
to top and tail -> see top
相關(guān)詞組：tail awaytail backtail off