tail

柯林斯词典

1. N-COUNT The tail of an animal, bird, or fish is the part extending beyond the end of its body. 尾巴
...a black dog with a long tail. …一衹長尾巴的黑狗。
2. N-COUNT You can use tail to refer to the end or back of something, especially something long and thin. (尤指細長物躰的) 尾部
...the horizontal stabilizer bar on the plane's tail. …飛機尾部的水平穩定杆。
3. N-PLURAL 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
...men in tails and women in party dresses. …穿燕尾服的男士和穿宴會禮服的女士。
4. V-T To tail someone means to follow close behind them and watch where they go and what they do. 跟蹤[非正式]
Officers had tailed the gang during a major undercover operation. 警方在一次重大的秘密行動中跟蹤過這個團夥。
5. ADV 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. (硬幣) 反麪朝上地[ADV after v]
"Heads or tails?"
“正麪還是反麪？”
The captain called heads as usual — and the coin came down tails. 隊長像以往一樣叫了正麪—可硬幣反麪朝上地落了下來。
6. cannot make head or tail of something→see head

With a flick of its tail, the cat was gone.
With a powerful lash of its tail, the fish jumped out of the net and back into the river .
The cat's tail was peeping out from under the bed .
She plaited the horse's tail.