Definition of tiger in English:

tiger

noun ˈtʌɪɡəˈtaɪɡər

1A very large solitary cat with a yellow-brown coat striped with black, native to the forests of Asia but becoming increasingly rare.
（老）虎
Panthera tigris, family Felidae
Example sentencesExamples
- In 1971, it banned the hunting of tigers, the first tiger range state to do so.
- Wild tigers mainly inhabit Asia, whereas the lion's current natural habitat is almost entirely in Africa.
- Next door is the Night Safari where, between 7.30 pm and midnight, you can watch buffalo, deer, tigers and fishing cats as they come out to feed.
- And in India, Bengal tigers laze in forest branches.
- Boller estimates there may be as many as 400 to 500 lions, tigers, and other big cats in the Houston area alone.
- And yet another is a mountain refuge for vultures, tigers, and wild water buffalo.
- Because the tiger had become so rare, it had become an extremely valuable commodity in the black markets of Asia.
- Cambodia was once home to herds of elephants, possibly thousands of tigers, wild cattle, leopards, bears, barking deer and an array of other animals.
- Because the elephants aren't afraid of the tigers, the tigers aren't afraid of elephants.
- The forests supported tigers, elephants, wild boar, oxen, and deer, as well as wildfowl.
- The burgeoning trade in bones and body parts for use in folk medicines threatens tigers and other big cats.
- The reason that this can happen is that both the lion and the tiger are big cats.
- Weiler's survey found that the use of land mines to kill tigers, deer, wild cattle and other animals was widespread.
- Passing tigers, rhinos, tapirs, deer and other animals triggered the shutter by tripping infrared sensors.
- They were unlike tigers and all other living cats, which are solitary hunters.
- In India, once considered the greatest stronghold for tigers, recent reports show the big cats disappearing altogether from some core reserve areas.
- Lions, tigers, jaguars, giraffes, orang-utans and emus were some of the other creatures we saw.
- The most ferocious biters among mammals aren't lions, tigers, or wolves, but meat-eating marsupials, a new study says.
- The big cats you find outside Africa include tiger, jaguar, leopard, cougar and Iberian lynx.
- Entering the forest officer's house, he found the skins of 3 Bengal tigers and 50 leopards.
Synonyms
performer, doer, worker, succeeder, high achiever, activist, man of action, woman of action, entrepreneur
1. 1.1 Used to refer to someone fierce, determined, or ambitious.
  强悍的人；劲头十足的人
  despite his wound, he still fought like a tiger
  尽管有伤在身，他打起来还是勇猛得像只老虎。
  one of the sport's young tigers
  体坛的年轻小将之一。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Brandy was mad now, her eyes had turned to narrow slits and her ears were laid back on her head, she represented a fierce tiger and Millie trembled again.
  But now the young tigers want to return to cap the final squeeze.
  I would prefer to have the young tigers and tigresses volunteering at a level that made it unnecessary to have a draft.
  My two year old was so tired she was falling down, but fought like a tiger not to have to go to bed.
  But Liverpool fought like tigers and erupted in joy at the final whistle, with an all-English semi-final to look forward to.
  She growled, like a fierce tiger about to rip its pray to smithereens.
  Eve fought like a tiger, and finally freed herself of him, pushing him away from her.
  He said he was still full of energy, though not like the young tiger of old, but still enough to fight.
  This wasn't just a flash in the pan, they fought back like tigers to win this match.
  On reflection it seems that the sands of time are beginning to catch up on the ageing stars, while some of the young tigers seem to be finding it hard to assume the mantle of leaders.
  City fought like tigers all night and deserve all the credit.
  ‘I have a son and four nephews involved, and they're young tigers that think out of the box,’ he said.
  He tried to push me back, but I was fighting like a tiger.
  At the beginning of last season the young Rheban tigers raced off into a great lead at the head of the first division.
  Angela stepped up now, as blunt and determined as a pacing tiger.
  The Malton pack fought like tigers against the heavier visiting eight and with the tackling in the backs of the highest order, West Park found difficulty in breaking out of their own half.
  As it happens, Cato is a fierce tiger when it comes to advocating for oppressed tobacco firms.
  He said you had the courage of a lion, the strength of an elephant, and you fought like a ferocious tiger!
  Many of these young tigers are well-dressed and oblivious, yapping away into their mobile phones.
  Here, the players grappled like bears and fought like tigers to stay on their feet.
2. 1.2 A dynamic economy of one of the smaller East Asian countries, especially that of Singapore, Taiwan, or South Korea.
  （尤指东亚较小国家，如新加坡、韩国的）小龙经济
  Example sentencesExamples
  As with the two most important East Asian tigers, South Korea and Taiwan, state direction was used to build up basic industries while massive repression kept living standards down.
  ‘For an emergent tiger economy, the Philippines is back once more to being the sick man of Asia,’ she said.
  The rapid growth of Hong Kong, another of the East Asian tigers, wasn't accompanied by substantial investment in education.
  The Asian financial crisis of the nineties exposed the frailty of the Asian tigers ' economic model.
  When they were at the same stage of development as India is now, Asian tigers like South Korea, Taiwan, and China focused on elementary and secondary schools.
3. 1.3Australian, NZ informal A person with an insatiable appetite for something.
  〈非正式，主澳/新西兰〉不知足的人
  I'm a tiger for a bargain
  我对买便宜货乐此不疲。
  Example sentencesExamples
  I must be a tiger for punishment, because I reread her speech.
  Synonyms
  energetic person
2Used in names of tiger moths and striped butterflies, e.g. scarlet tiger, plain tiger.
用于灯蛾、斑纹蝴蝶的名称中，如scarlet tiger，plain tiger
Example sentencesExamples
- If you want tiger swallowtail butterflies, plant a willow tree.
- And I can see monarchs, painted ladies, tiger swallowtails, and listen to the songbirds.
- Butterflies including the tiger swallowtail and mourning cloak rely on the flowers of the red maple for their survival and reproduction.
3
another term for Tamil Tigers

Phrases

have a tiger by the tail (also be riding a tiger)

Have embarked on a course of action which proves unexpectedly difficult but which cannot easily or safely be abandoned.
处境比预料的困难，骑虎难下
if you push me down again you might find that you have a tiger by the tail
she was riding a tiger and there was no way of escape
Example sentencesExamples
- On both occasions politicians, academics and bureaucrats found themselves riding a tiger of unanticipated national emotion.
- Those seizing land from white farmers are riding a tiger they can't control.
- They ride a tiger, and the retribution against them, were they to be overthrown, would be frightful.
- It is said that the trick to riding a tiger is finding a way to dismount.
- While he's been lucky so far, Howard has a tiger by the tail.
- Unfortunately, some of blogging's most influential promoters don't seem to fully understand that they have a tiger by the tail.
- Is it that the administration rides a tiger and is afraid to dismount?
- The Chinese are riding a tiger, and can't easily get off.
- But as I look back, you know, I had a tiger by the tail.
- If things work out and you become an institution, how long will it be before you're riding a tiger and can't get off?

Origin

Middle English: from Old French tigre, from Latin tigris, from Greek.

Tiger goes back via French and Latin to Greek tigris—the beast was formerly found in Turkey and the Middle East, and would have been known to Europeans in classical times. The tiger is a fierce and dangerous creature, and to have a tiger by the tail is to have embarked on a course of action which turns out to be unexpectedly difficult, but which you cannot easily abandon. Having a tiger in your tank means that you have energy and spirit. The expression originated as a 1960s advertising slogan for Esso petrol, ‘Put a tiger in your tank.’ Since the start of the 1980s the successful smaller economies of East Asia, especially those of Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, and South Korea, have been called tiger economies. The strength of Ireland during the 1990s led to its being dubbed the Celtic tiger. See also ride, wolf

Rhymes

Auriga, Eiger, liger, saiga, taiga

Definition of tiger in US English:

tiger

nounˈtīɡərˈtaɪɡər

1A very large solitary cat with a yellow-brown coat striped with black, native to the forests of Asia but becoming increasingly rare.
（老）虎
Panthera tigris, family Felidae
Example sentencesExamples
- And in India, Bengal tigers laze in forest branches.
- The big cats you find outside Africa include tiger, jaguar, leopard, cougar and Iberian lynx.
- In India, once considered the greatest stronghold for tigers, recent reports show the big cats disappearing altogether from some core reserve areas.
- The burgeoning trade in bones and body parts for use in folk medicines threatens tigers and other big cats.
- Next door is the Night Safari where, between 7.30 pm and midnight, you can watch buffalo, deer, tigers and fishing cats as they come out to feed.
- Cambodia was once home to herds of elephants, possibly thousands of tigers, wild cattle, leopards, bears, barking deer and an array of other animals.
- The reason that this can happen is that both the lion and the tiger are big cats.
- Because the tiger had become so rare, it had become an extremely valuable commodity in the black markets of Asia.
- Entering the forest officer's house, he found the skins of 3 Bengal tigers and 50 leopards.
- Boller estimates there may be as many as 400 to 500 lions, tigers, and other big cats in the Houston area alone.
- The most ferocious biters among mammals aren't lions, tigers, or wolves, but meat-eating marsupials, a new study says.
- They were unlike tigers and all other living cats, which are solitary hunters.
- The forests supported tigers, elephants, wild boar, oxen, and deer, as well as wildfowl.
- In 1971, it banned the hunting of tigers, the first tiger range state to do so.
- Wild tigers mainly inhabit Asia, whereas the lion's current natural habitat is almost entirely in Africa.
- Lions, tigers, jaguars, giraffes, orang-utans and emus were some of the other creatures we saw.
- Weiler's survey found that the use of land mines to kill tigers, deer, wild cattle and other animals was widespread.
- Passing tigers, rhinos, tapirs, deer and other animals triggered the shutter by tripping infrared sensors.
- And yet another is a mountain refuge for vultures, tigers, and wild water buffalo.
- Because the elephants aren't afraid of the tigers, the tigers aren't afraid of elephants.
Synonyms
performer, doer, worker, succeeder, high achiever, activist, man of action, woman of action, entrepreneur
1. 1.1 Used to refer to someone fierce, determined, or ambitious.
  强悍的人；劲头十足的人
  despite his wound, he still fought like a tiger
  尽管有伤在身，他打起来还是勇猛得像只老虎。
  one of the sport's young tigers
  体坛的年轻小将之一。
  Example sentencesExamples
  ‘I have a son and four nephews involved, and they're young tigers that think out of the box,’ he said.
  But Liverpool fought like tigers and erupted in joy at the final whistle, with an all-English semi-final to look forward to.
  City fought like tigers all night and deserve all the credit.
  This wasn't just a flash in the pan, they fought back like tigers to win this match.
  But now the young tigers want to return to cap the final squeeze.
  Brandy was mad now, her eyes had turned to narrow slits and her ears were laid back on her head, she represented a fierce tiger and Millie trembled again.
  The Malton pack fought like tigers against the heavier visiting eight and with the tackling in the backs of the highest order, West Park found difficulty in breaking out of their own half.
  She growled, like a fierce tiger about to rip its pray to smithereens.
  Eve fought like a tiger, and finally freed herself of him, pushing him away from her.
  Here, the players grappled like bears and fought like tigers to stay on their feet.
  At the beginning of last season the young Rheban tigers raced off into a great lead at the head of the first division.
  He said he was still full of energy, though not like the young tiger of old, but still enough to fight.
  Many of these young tigers are well-dressed and oblivious, yapping away into their mobile phones.
  Angela stepped up now, as blunt and determined as a pacing tiger.
  As it happens, Cato is a fierce tiger when it comes to advocating for oppressed tobacco firms.
  He said you had the courage of a lion, the strength of an elephant, and you fought like a ferocious tiger!
  He tried to push me back, but I was fighting like a tiger.
  I would prefer to have the young tigers and tigresses volunteering at a level that made it unnecessary to have a draft.
  On reflection it seems that the sands of time are beginning to catch up on the ageing stars, while some of the young tigers seem to be finding it hard to assume the mantle of leaders.
  My two year old was so tired she was falling down, but fought like a tiger not to have to go to bed.
2. 1.2 A dynamic economy of one of the smaller eastern Asian countries, especially that of Singapore, Taiwan, or South Korea.
  （尤指东亚较小国家，如新加坡、韩国的）小龙经济
  Example sentencesExamples
  ‘For an emergent tiger economy, the Philippines is back once more to being the sick man of Asia,’ she said.
  As with the two most important East Asian tigers, South Korea and Taiwan, state direction was used to build up basic industries while massive repression kept living standards down.
  The Asian financial crisis of the nineties exposed the frailty of the Asian tigers ' economic model.
  The rapid growth of Hong Kong, another of the East Asian tigers, wasn't accompanied by substantial investment in education.
  When they were at the same stage of development as India is now, Asian tigers like South Korea, Taiwan, and China focused on elementary and secondary schools.

Phrases

have a tiger by the tail (also be riding a tiger)

Have embarked on a course of action which proves unexpectedly difficult but which cannot easily or safely be abandoned.
处境比预料的困难，骑虎难下
Example sentencesExamples
- They ride a tiger, and the retribution against them, were they to be overthrown, would be frightful.
- On both occasions politicians, academics and bureaucrats found themselves riding a tiger of unanticipated national emotion.
- But as I look back, you know, I had a tiger by the tail.
- The Chinese are riding a tiger, and can't easily get off.
- Is it that the administration rides a tiger and is afraid to dismount?
- It is said that the trick to riding a tiger is finding a way to dismount.
- Unfortunately, some of blogging's most influential promoters don't seem to fully understand that they have a tiger by the tail.
- While he's been lucky so far, Howard has a tiger by the tail.
- If things work out and you become an institution, how long will it be before you're riding a tiger and can't get off?
- Those seizing land from white farmers are riding a tiger they can't control.

Origin

Middle English: from Old French tigre, from Latin tigris, from Greek.

单词	tiger
释义	Definition of tiger in English: tiger noun ˈtʌɪɡəˈtaɪɡər 1A very large solitary cat with a yellow-brown coat striped with black, native to the forests of Asia but becoming increasingly rare. （老）虎 Panthera tigris, family Felidae Example sentencesExamples In 1971, it banned the hunting of tigers, the first tiger range state to do so. Wild tigers mainly inhabit Asia, whereas the lion's current natural habitat is almost entirely in Africa. Next door is the Night Safari where, between 7.30 pm and midnight, you can watch buffalo, deer, tigers and fishing cats as they come out to feed. And in India, Bengal tigers laze in forest branches. Boller estimates there may be as many as 400 to 500 lions, tigers, and other big cats in the Houston area alone. And yet another is a mountain refuge for vultures, tigers, and wild water buffalo. Because the tiger had become so rare, it had become an extremely valuable commodity in the black markets of Asia. Cambodia was once home to herds of elephants, possibly thousands of tigers, wild cattle, leopards, bears, barking deer and an array of other animals. Because the elephants aren't afraid of the tigers, the tigers aren't afraid of elephants. The forests supported tigers, elephants, wild boar, oxen, and deer, as well as wildfowl. The burgeoning trade in bones and body parts for use in folk medicines threatens tigers and other big cats. The reason that this can happen is that both the lion and the tiger are big cats. Weiler's survey found that the use of land mines to kill tigers, deer, wild cattle and other animals was widespread. Passing tigers, rhinos, tapirs, deer and other animals triggered the shutter by tripping infrared sensors. They were unlike tigers and all other living cats, which are solitary hunters. In India, once considered the greatest stronghold for tigers, recent reports show the big cats disappearing altogether from some core reserve areas. Lions, tigers, jaguars, giraffes, orang-utans and emus were some of the other creatures we saw. The most ferocious biters among mammals aren't lions, tigers, or wolves, but meat-eating marsupials, a new study says. The big cats you find outside Africa include tiger, jaguar, leopard, cougar and Iberian lynx. Entering the forest officer's house, he found the skins of 3 Bengal tigers and 50 leopards. Synonyms performer, doer, worker, succeeder, high achiever, activist, man of action, woman of action, entrepreneur 1.1 Used to refer to someone fierce, determined, or ambitious. 强悍的人；劲头十足的人 despite his wound, he still fought like a tiger 尽管有伤在身，他打起来还是勇猛得像只老虎。 one of the sport's young tigers 体坛的年轻小将之一。 Example sentencesExamples Brandy was mad now, her eyes had turned to narrow slits and her ears were laid back on her head, she represented a fierce tiger and Millie trembled again. But now the young tigers want to return to cap the final squeeze. I would prefer to have the young tigers and tigresses volunteering at a level that made it unnecessary to have a draft. My two year old was so tired she was falling down, but fought like a tiger not to have to go to bed. But Liverpool fought like tigers and erupted in joy at the final whistle, with an all-English semi-final to look forward to. She growled, like a fierce tiger about to rip its pray to smithereens. Eve fought like a tiger, and finally freed herself of him, pushing him away from her. He said he was still full of energy, though not like the young tiger of old, but still enough to fight. This wasn't just a flash in the pan, they fought back like tigers to win this match. On reflection it seems that the sands of time are beginning to catch up on the ageing stars, while some of the young tigers seem to be finding it hard to assume the mantle of leaders. City fought like tigers all night and deserve all the credit. ‘I have a son and four nephews involved, and they're young tigers that think out of the box,’ he said. He tried to push me back, but I was fighting like a tiger. At the beginning of last season the young Rheban tigers raced off into a great lead at the head of the first division. Angela stepped up now, as blunt and determined as a pacing tiger. The Malton pack fought like tigers against the heavier visiting eight and with the tackling in the backs of the highest order, West Park found difficulty in breaking out of their own half. As it happens, Cato is a fierce tiger when it comes to advocating for oppressed tobacco firms. He said you had the courage of a lion, the strength of an elephant, and you fought like a ferocious tiger! Many of these young tigers are well-dressed and oblivious, yapping away into their mobile phones. Here, the players grappled like bears and fought like tigers to stay on their feet. 1.2 A dynamic economy of one of the smaller East Asian countries, especially that of Singapore, Taiwan, or South Korea. （尤指东亚较小国家，如新加坡、韩国的）小龙经济 Example sentencesExamples As with the two most important East Asian tigers, South Korea and Taiwan, state direction was used to build up basic industries while massive repression kept living standards down. ‘For an emergent tiger economy, the Philippines is back once more to being the sick man of Asia,’ she said. The rapid growth of Hong Kong, another of the East Asian tigers, wasn't accompanied by substantial investment in education. The Asian financial crisis of the nineties exposed the frailty of the Asian tigers ' economic model. When they were at the same stage of development as India is now, Asian tigers like South Korea, Taiwan, and China focused on elementary and secondary schools. 1.3Australian, NZ informal A person with an insatiable appetite for something. 〈非正式，主澳/新西兰〉不知足的人 I'm a tiger for a bargain 我对买便宜货乐此不疲。 Example sentencesExamples I must be a tiger for punishment, because I reread her speech. Synonyms energetic person 2Used in names of tiger moths and striped butterflies, e.g. scarlet tiger, plain tiger. 用于灯蛾、斑纹蝴蝶的名称中，如scarlet tiger，plain tiger Example sentencesExamples If you want tiger swallowtail butterflies, plant a willow tree. And I can see monarchs, painted ladies, tiger swallowtails, and listen to the songbirds. Butterflies including the tiger swallowtail and mourning cloak rely on the flowers of the red maple for their survival and reproduction. 3 another term for Tamil Tigers Phrases have a tiger by the tail (also be riding a tiger) Have embarked on a course of action which proves unexpectedly difficult but which cannot easily or safely be abandoned. 处境比预料的困难，骑虎难下 if you push me down again you might find that you have a tiger by the tail she was riding a tiger and there was no way of escape Example sentencesExamples On both occasions politicians, academics and bureaucrats found themselves riding a tiger of unanticipated national emotion. Those seizing land from white farmers are riding a tiger they can't control. They ride a tiger, and the retribution against them, were they to be overthrown, would be frightful. It is said that the trick to riding a tiger is finding a way to dismount. While he's been lucky so far, Howard has a tiger by the tail. Unfortunately, some of blogging's most influential promoters don't seem to fully understand that they have a tiger by the tail. Is it that the administration rides a tiger and is afraid to dismount? The Chinese are riding a tiger, and can't easily get off. But as I look back, you know, I had a tiger by the tail. If things work out and you become an institution, how long will it be before you're riding a tiger and can't get off? Origin Middle English: from Old French tigre, from Latin tigris, from Greek. Tiger goes back via French and Latin to Greek tigris—the beast was formerly found in Turkey and the Middle East, and would have been known to Europeans in classical times. The tiger is a fierce and dangerous creature, and to have a tiger by the tail is to have embarked on a course of action which turns out to be unexpectedly difficult, but which you cannot easily abandon. Having a tiger in your tank means that you have energy and spirit. The expression originated as a 1960s advertising slogan for Esso petrol, ‘Put a tiger in your tank.’ Since the start of the 1980s the successful smaller economies of East Asia, especially those of Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, and South Korea, have been called tiger economies. The strength of Ireland during the 1990s led to its being dubbed the Celtic tiger. See also ride, wolf Rhymes Auriga, Eiger, liger, saiga, taiga noun.1 phr. Definition of tiger in US English: tiger nounˈtīɡərˈtaɪɡər 1A very large solitary cat with a yellow-brown coat striped with black, native to the forests of Asia but becoming increasingly rare. （老）虎 Panthera tigris, family Felidae Example sentencesExamples And in India, Bengal tigers laze in forest branches. The big cats you find outside Africa include tiger, jaguar, leopard, cougar and Iberian lynx. In India, once considered the greatest stronghold for tigers, recent reports show the big cats disappearing altogether from some core reserve areas. The burgeoning trade in bones and body parts for use in folk medicines threatens tigers and other big cats. Next door is the Night Safari where, between 7.30 pm and midnight, you can watch buffalo, deer, tigers and fishing cats as they come out to feed. Cambodia was once home to herds of elephants, possibly thousands of tigers, wild cattle, leopards, bears, barking deer and an array of other animals. The reason that this can happen is that both the lion and the tiger are big cats. Because the tiger had become so rare, it had become an extremely valuable commodity in the black markets of Asia. Entering the forest officer's house, he found the skins of 3 Bengal tigers and 50 leopards. Boller estimates there may be as many as 400 to 500 lions, tigers, and other big cats in the Houston area alone. The most ferocious biters among mammals aren't lions, tigers, or wolves, but meat-eating marsupials, a new study says. They were unlike tigers and all other living cats, which are solitary hunters. The forests supported tigers, elephants, wild boar, oxen, and deer, as well as wildfowl. In 1971, it banned the hunting of tigers, the first tiger range state to do so. Wild tigers mainly inhabit Asia, whereas the lion's current natural habitat is almost entirely in Africa. Lions, tigers, jaguars, giraffes, orang-utans and emus were some of the other creatures we saw. Weiler's survey found that the use of land mines to kill tigers, deer, wild cattle and other animals was widespread. Passing tigers, rhinos, tapirs, deer and other animals triggered the shutter by tripping infrared sensors. And yet another is a mountain refuge for vultures, tigers, and wild water buffalo. Because the elephants aren't afraid of the tigers, the tigers aren't afraid of elephants. Synonyms performer, doer, worker, succeeder, high achiever, activist, man of action, woman of action, entrepreneur 1.1 Used to refer to someone fierce, determined, or ambitious. 强悍的人；劲头十足的人 despite his wound, he still fought like a tiger 尽管有伤在身，他打起来还是勇猛得像只老虎。 one of the sport's young tigers 体坛的年轻小将之一。 Example sentencesExamples ‘I have a son and four nephews involved, and they're young tigers that think out of the box,’ he said. But Liverpool fought like tigers and erupted in joy at the final whistle, with an all-English semi-final to look forward to. City fought like tigers all night and deserve all the credit. This wasn't just a flash in the pan, they fought back like tigers to win this match. But now the young tigers want to return to cap the final squeeze. Brandy was mad now, her eyes had turned to narrow slits and her ears were laid back on her head, she represented a fierce tiger and Millie trembled again. The Malton pack fought like tigers against the heavier visiting eight and with the tackling in the backs of the highest order, West Park found difficulty in breaking out of their own half. She growled, like a fierce tiger about to rip its pray to smithereens. Eve fought like a tiger, and finally freed herself of him, pushing him away from her. Here, the players grappled like bears and fought like tigers to stay on their feet. At the beginning of last season the young Rheban tigers raced off into a great lead at the head of the first division. He said he was still full of energy, though not like the young tiger of old, but still enough to fight. Many of these young tigers are well-dressed and oblivious, yapping away into their mobile phones. Angela stepped up now, as blunt and determined as a pacing tiger. As it happens, Cato is a fierce tiger when it comes to advocating for oppressed tobacco firms. He said you had the courage of a lion, the strength of an elephant, and you fought like a ferocious tiger! He tried to push me back, but I was fighting like a tiger. I would prefer to have the young tigers and tigresses volunteering at a level that made it unnecessary to have a draft. On reflection it seems that the sands of time are beginning to catch up on the ageing stars, while some of the young tigers seem to be finding it hard to assume the mantle of leaders. My two year old was so tired she was falling down, but fought like a tiger not to have to go to bed. 1.2 A dynamic economy of one of the smaller eastern Asian countries, especially that of Singapore, Taiwan, or South Korea. （尤指东亚较小国家，如新加坡、韩国的）小龙经济 Example sentencesExamples ‘For an emergent tiger economy, the Philippines is back once more to being the sick man of Asia,’ she said. As with the two most important East Asian tigers, South Korea and Taiwan, state direction was used to build up basic industries while massive repression kept living standards down. The Asian financial crisis of the nineties exposed the frailty of the Asian tigers ' economic model. The rapid growth of Hong Kong, another of the East Asian tigers, wasn't accompanied by substantial investment in education. When they were at the same stage of development as India is now, Asian tigers like South Korea, Taiwan, and China focused on elementary and secondary schools. Phrases have a tiger by the tail (also be riding a tiger) Have embarked on a course of action which proves unexpectedly difficult but which cannot easily or safely be abandoned. 处境比预料的困难，骑虎难下 Example sentencesExamples They ride a tiger, and the retribution against them, were they to be overthrown, would be frightful. On both occasions politicians, academics and bureaucrats found themselves riding a tiger of unanticipated national emotion. But as I look back, you know, I had a tiger by the tail. The Chinese are riding a tiger, and can't easily get off. Is it that the administration rides a tiger and is afraid to dismount? It is said that the trick to riding a tiger is finding a way to dismount. Unfortunately, some of blogging's most influential promoters don't seem to fully understand that they have a tiger by the tail. While he's been lucky so far, Howard has a tiger by the tail. If things work out and you become an institution, how long will it be before you're riding a tiger and can't get off? Those seizing land from white farmers are riding a tiger they can't control. Origin Middle English: from Old French tigre, from Latin tigris, from Greek. noun.1 phr.
随便看	well-eye well-eyed well-fabricated well-faced well-famed well-fancied well-faring well-farmed well-fashioned well-fatted well favored well favoured well-favoured well-favouredly well-favouredness well-feasted well-feathered well-featured well fed well-fed well-feed well-feeding well-feeling well-feigned well-fenced