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tail ANIMALteIln [C]a part of an animal's body, sticking out from the base of the back, or something similar in shape or position尾; 尾状物a peacock's tail孔雀的尾羽a lizard's tail蜥蜴尾a fish's tail鱼尾a rabbit's tail兔尾A dog wags its tail, but a horse swishes its tail.狗摇晃尾巴，马却挥动尾巴。The airline's symbol was painted on the aircraft's tail/tail of the aircraft.该航空公司的标志印在飞机的尾部。She was late and had to go to the tail (end) (= back) of the queue.她来晚了，不得不排到队伍的最后。I only saw the tail end of (= final part of) the TV news.我只看到电视新闻的最后一部分。A tail coat (also tails) is an old-fashioned type of man's coat, waist-length at the front and with the lower half of the back divided into two pieces, now only worn on very formal occasions.燕尾服; 男子晚礼服wearing white tie and tails系着白领带，穿着燕尾服Tail lights (also tail-lamps) are the (usually) red lights on the back of a vehicle.（车辆的）后灯，尾灯A tail wind is a wind blowing from behind a vehicle.顺风Planes travelling from America to Europe usually have a tail wind rather than a head wind.从美洲飞向欧洲的飞机通常顺风，而不是逆风。To be on someone's tail is to follow them closely.尾随，紧紧跟随The policemen were on the robber's tail from the scene of the crime.警察从犯罪现场开始一直尾随着抢劫犯。That driver's been/kept on my tail (= following very closely behind my vehicle) for miles.那个驾车的人跟踪我的车好几哩了。If a large group has to do something to satisfy a small group that can be (a case of) the tail wagging the dog.尾巴摇狗（喻指处于从属地位的势力本末倒置地执掌指挥或控制权），主次颠倒They went off/away with their tails between their legs (= showing they were defeated and unhappy) after losing the match.他们输了那场比赛后，灰溜溜地夹着尾巴跑了。
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