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尾;尾巴
The tail of an animal, bird, or fish is the part extending beyond the end of its body.
例句
The cattle were swinging their tails to disperse the flies.
那些牛甩動著尾巴驅趕蒼蠅。
...a black dog with a long tail.
長尾黑狗
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(尤指細長物體的)尾部，末端
You can use tail to refer to the end or back of something, especially something long and thin.
例句
...the horizontal stabilizer bar on the plane's tail...
飛機尾部的水平尾翼
Elsie tugged her husband's coat tail.
埃爾西用力拉了拉她丈夫外套的后擺。
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N-PLURAL
（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.
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VERB
跟蹤;盯梢;尾隨
To tail someone means to follow close behind them and watch where they go and what they do.
例句
Officers had tailed the gang from London during a major undercover inquiry...
在一次重大的秘密調查行動中，警察從倫敦就盯上了那幫匪徒。
He trusted her so little that he had her tailed.
他十分不信任她，所以派人跟蹤她。
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盯梢者;跟蹤者
A tail is someone who is paid to watch and to follow another person.
例句
He checked behind. No tail.
他看看身后——沒有人跟著。
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ADV
(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.
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PHRASE
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.
例句
Past TV deals have seen the tail wagging the dog. Now football clubs feel they are equal partners with TV.
以往和電視臺的交易中，足球俱樂部就已經有過喧賓奪主的記錄?，F在，他們更是覺得可以和電視臺平起平坐了。
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PHRASE
（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.
例句
His team retreated last night with tails tucked firmly between their legs.
昨晚，他的隊伍灰溜溜地退場了。
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PHRASE
掉頭逃跑;轉身逃走
If you turn tail, you turn and run away.
例句
I turned tail and fled in the direction of the main house.
我掉頭就跑，朝主屋方向逃去。