tail的音标

英 [teɪl]

美 [teɪl]

tail的用法

n. 尾;尾巴;有…尾巴的;尾部;后部

v. 跟踪;尾随;盯梢

第三人称单数： tails 复数： tails 现在分词： tailing 过去式： tailed 过去分词： tailed

派生词： tailless （adj.）

tail的例句

1.The cattle were swinging their tails to disperse the flies.
那些牛甩动着尾巴驱赶苍蝇。

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.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。

4.He checked behind. No tail.
他看看身后——没有人跟着。

5.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。

tail的常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1.A fox cannot hide its tail.
狐狸的尾巴是藏不住的。

2.You can touch a hibernating animal, or even pull its tail, without causing it to move or wake up.
你可以摸冬眠的动物,甚至拉它的尾巴,也不会使它动一动或醒来。

3.The tiger lashed its tail about whenever anyone came near its cage.
一有人走近笼子,老虎就不停地甩尾巴。

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词
S+tail(+A)

1.The ship tailed down stream.
那船船尾朝下游停着。

用作及物动词
S+tail+ n./pron.

1.The police have been tailing me.
警察一直在跟踪着我。

2.The detective tailed the thief through the crowd.
侦探在人群中穿梭,尾随着小偷。

3.The secret agent tailed the spy to his hotel.
该特工跟踪那个间谍到他住的旅馆。

tail的常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

make head or tail of
〈非正〉看懂 understand; find a meaning in

turn tail
转身(逃走),逃跑 turn round defeated (and run away)

用作动词 (v.)

tail after (v.+prep.)
尾随,跟踪 follow close behind

tail back (v.+adv.)
造成交通阻塞 form a traffic jam

tail off (v.+adv.)
变得越来越轻〔分散〕 grow progressively fainter or more scattered

tail的词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+tail

dock a tail 剪短尾巴
shorten a tail 剪短尾巴
stick a tail up 翘尾巴
get one's tail down 害怕,失去勇气
get one's tail up 情绪很高
put a tail on sb 派人暗中跟踪某人
turn tail 转身逃跑

形容词+tail

bushy tail 蓬松的尾巴
furry tail 毛茸茸的尾巴
long tail 长尾巴
short tail 短尾巴

tail+名词

tail wind 顺风,由后面吹来的风

介词+tail

at the tail of 在…末尾,在…最后
by the tail 结尾,终究
with one's tail between one's legs 垂头丧气

用作动词 (v.)

tail+名词

tail a kite 为风筝装尾巴
tail a model plane 为模型飞机装尾翼
tail the spy 跟踪间谍
tail thief 跟踪小偷

tail+副词

tail aimlessly 无目的地跟踪
tail alternately 有变化地跟踪
tail carefully 小心翼翼地跟踪
tail casually 漫无目的地跟踪
tail cautiously 谨慎地跟踪
tail cleverly 机敏地跟踪
tail closely 紧紧地跟踪
tail constantly 不断地跟踪
tail deliberately 谨慎地跟踪
tail frequently 不断地跟踪
tail moderately 适度地跟踪
tail mysteriously 秘密地跟踪
tail originally 最初跟踪
tail properly 恰当地跟踪
tail readily 有准备地跟踪
tail scientifically 科学地跟踪
tail seriously 认真地跟踪
tail skillfully 技术高超地跟踪
tail slowly 慢慢地跟踪
tail solely 单独地跟踪
tail specially 具体地跟踪
tail thoroughly 全面地跟踪
tail wilfully 故意地跟踪
tail wisely 明智地跟踪
tail back 尾随,跟踪,造成交通阻塞
tail off 零散地落在后面,变得越来越少〔小〕

tail+介词

tail after 尾随,跟踪
tail after a suspect 跟踪嫌疑犯

tail的真题例句

1.Sting in the tail Ashby Plant is one of a number of psychologists who seized on Obama's candidacy to test hypotheses about the power of role models
出自-四级2010年6月阅读原文

2.Perhaps surprisingly, it is not all good news: there is a sting in the tail of the Obama effect
出自-四级2010年6月阅读原文

3.In America, white tailed deer are more numerous than ever before, so abundant in fact that they've become a suburban nuisance and a health hazard.
出自-四级2013年12月听力原文

4."We'd assumed we'd have to give it a moving head and tail, facial features, and put a scene on it to make it smell like a real rat, but that wasn't necessary," says Janet wiles at the University of Queensland in Australia, who helped with the research.
2020年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ