1of an animal, a bird, etc.動物;鳥ADJECTIVE | VERB + TAIL | TAIL + VERB | TAIL + NOUN | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤long, short長尾巴;短尾巴▸➤bushy, curly, forked, pointed毛茸茸的/捲曲的/分叉的/尖尖的尾巴▸➤muscular, prehensile發達的尾巴;捲尾VERB + TAIL➤flick, swish, thrash, wag輕抖/唰唰甩動/猛擺/搖擺尾巴◇The dog wagged its tail furiously.狗憤怒地搖着尾巴。➤chase追尾巴◇My dog loves to chase his tail.我的狗喜歡追逐自己的尾巴。➤dock剪短尾巴◇It used to be fashionable to dock horses' tails.以前曾經流行把馬的尾巴剪短。TAIL + VERB➤swish, twitch, wag, wave尾巴唰唰甩動/抖動/搖擺/擺動◇The dog ran out with its tail wagging madly.狗跑了出來,瘋狂地擺着尾巴。TAIL + NOUN➤bone (usually tailbone)尾骨▸➤feathers, fin尾羽;尾鰭PHRASES➤the tip of its/his/her tail⋯的尾巴尖◇It was black from its nose to the tip of its tail.它從頭到尾都是黑色的。tail
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2of a thing事物TAIL + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESTAIL + NOUN➤section尾部◇The plane's tail section had broken off.飛機的尾部斷了。➤fin, light尾翼;尾燈PREPOSITION➤at the tail在尾部◇the truck at the tail of our convoy我們受護送車隊尾部的那輛卡車PHRASES➤nose to tail首尾相連◇Traffic which used to be nose to tail now flows freely.以前是車挨着車,現在則是車流順暢。