tailing
present participle oftail
| 单词 | tailing |
| 释义 | tailing present participle oftail tail verb[T] uk/teɪl/us/teɪl/tofollowandwatchsomeone veryclosely,especiallyinorderto getinformationsecretly: Thatcarhas been tailing me for the last tenminutes. to follow someone or something
Pursuing
Phrasal verbstail back tail off Examplesoftailingtailing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Or water might be polluted with tailings and other detritus of mining, making it unsuitable for irrigating crops. From theCambridge English Corpus To avoid contamination from the site's industrial past (blue asbestos and foundry tailings) the vegetable garden has raised beds with specially prepared topsoil. From theCambridge English Corpus Adjacent to this depression and at an oblique angle from it, there was a small area covered with tailings from the temper-preparation process. From theCambridge English Corpus Because the model considers only equilibrium reactions,tailingof the breakthrough curves is not well predicted. From theCambridge English Corpus The leading edge is sharp and the following edge shows extensivetailing. From theCambridge English Corpus Uranium tailings are a by-product of uranium mining and arise at the site of mining. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The question of tailings and their storage and disposal is a matter for the uranium mining companies concerned. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 So there is a littletailing-off procedure in the drafting. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The stabilisation of uranium tailings piles is to cost a total of $745 million, or $30 million per pile. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Thetailing-off of armaments and the defence programme is one of them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 First we have a recommendation dealing with peat moss, peat moss litter, dust or mould, granulated peat and peat fuel or tailings. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 But they present exactly the same problems as tailings dams resulting from mining operations. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English Last year they could keep only what are called tailings. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it not possible to have a similartailing-off period of seven years for overseas trading corporations? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, there has been a plateau and a slighttailing-off in the past six months. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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