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单词 rat-tail
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Definition of rat-tail in English:

rat-tail

noun ˈratteɪlˈrætˌteɪl
  • 1A narrow hairless tail like that of a rat, or something that resembles one.

    鼠尾状无毛细尾巴;鼠尾状物体

    as modifier he's growing it longer, with a thin rat-tail braid at the back
    Example sentencesExamples
    • One of Wezza's mates was hanging around outside the front of his unit, sporting a rat's tail that went halfway down his back.
    • Many years ago I tested a 45 pistol where that area of the barrel looked as if it had been cut with a rat-tail file.
    • His hair was pulled back into a tiny rat's tail at the base of his neck.
    • Take your rag, rolled tightly into the shape of a rat's tail, and begin to roll it from the bottom to the top of the section.
    • Taller than most, with short cropped hair and a rat's tail, Daniel always managed to look softer than the tough appearance he tried to put on.
    • It was pulled back into a short rat-tail, braded and tied with a blue band, the rest was short, an almost shaved look on the sides.
    • In addition the rat-tail is frequently of poor proportion and there is a viable seam.
    • Now pipe down or I'll drag you off by that rat-tail of yours.
    • She smiled and walked over to him, casually leaning on the back on his chair and playfully tugging at his shoulder length rat-tail as she looked at the screen.
    1. 1.1British informal Hair hanging in lank, damp or greasy strands.
      〈英,非正式〉(细长、潮湿或油腻的绳索上的)绒毛
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Flowing down across his face, down through his flattened and matted hair, pulling them into stringy rat-tails, they soaked him.
      • Well, I saw one woman in a proper waterproof jacket but she had nothing on her head and her hair was drenched into rat-tails.
      • When he emerged, he was pasty-faced and sweating, and his long hair hung down in wet rat-tails.
      • Her hair was long, blonde and dirty, hanging in rat's tails.
      • Her hair hung in rat-tails, the gauzy dress was one big wrinkle, and her cheek had acquired an ugly purple bruise, compliments of the gorilla who almost drowned her.
  • 2A fish with a long, thin tail.

    长尾鳕,尤指

    1. 2.1
      another term for grenadier (sense 2)
    2. 2.2
      another term for rabbitfish (sense 1 of the noun)

Definition of rat-tail in US English:

rat-tail

nounˈrætˌteɪlˈratˌtāl
  • 1A narrow hairless tail like that of a rat, or something that resembles one.

    鼠尾状无毛细尾巴;鼠尾状物体

    as modifier he's growing it longer, with a thin rat-tail braid at the back
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Take your rag, rolled tightly into the shape of a rat's tail, and begin to roll it from the bottom to the top of the section.
    • She smiled and walked over to him, casually leaning on the back on his chair and playfully tugging at his shoulder length rat-tail as she looked at the screen.
    • One of Wezza's mates was hanging around outside the front of his unit, sporting a rat's tail that went halfway down his back.
    • Many years ago I tested a 45 pistol where that area of the barrel looked as if it had been cut with a rat-tail file.
    • It was pulled back into a short rat-tail, braded and tied with a blue band, the rest was short, an almost shaved look on the sides.
    • His hair was pulled back into a tiny rat's tail at the base of his neck.
    • Now pipe down or I'll drag you off by that rat-tail of yours.
    • In addition the rat-tail is frequently of poor proportion and there is a viable seam.
    • Taller than most, with short cropped hair and a rat's tail, Daniel always managed to look softer than the tough appearance he tried to put on.
    1. 1.1British informal Hair hanging in lank, damp or greasy strands.
      〈英,非正式〉(细长、潮湿或油腻的绳索上的)绒毛
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Flowing down across his face, down through his flattened and matted hair, pulling them into stringy rat-tails, they soaked him.
      • When he emerged, he was pasty-faced and sweating, and his long hair hung down in wet rat-tails.
      • Her hair hung in rat-tails, the gauzy dress was one big wrinkle, and her cheek had acquired an ugly purple bruise, compliments of the gorilla who almost drowned her.
      • Her hair was long, blonde and dirty, hanging in rat's tails.
      • Well, I saw one woman in a proper waterproof jacket but she had nothing on her head and her hair was drenched into rat-tails.
  • 2A fish with a long, thin tail.

    长尾鳕,尤指

    1. 2.1
      another term for grenadier (sense 2)
    2. 2.2
      another term for rabbitfish (sense 1 of the noun)
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