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| 1 | C a part at the back of an animal’ s body that can move 尾；尾巴 |
| The animal sprays liquid from a gland under its tail. 该动物从尾巴下面的腺体里喷射出液体。 |
| the bright tail feathers of a peacock 孔雀亮丽的尾羽 |
| | 1a | the back part of a plane （飞机的）尾部 | |
| | 1b | the back part of something that is long or that consists of many parts 末尾部分；尾状物 | | the tail of a comet 彗尾 | | He was at the tail of the queue. 他排在队伍的末尾。 | |
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| 2 | C informal someone who is sent to secretly follow someone else , especially a criminal （尤指监视罪犯的）秘密跟踪者，盯梢者 |
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| 3 | tails U the side of a coin that does not have a picture of a person on it （硬币的）反面 |
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| 4 | C the bottom part of your shirt that you put inside your trousers （塞进裤子内的）衬衣下摆 |
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| 5 | tails plural a man’ s formal jacket that is short at the front and has two long pointed parts that hang down at the back （男子的）燕尾服 |
| He wore a top hat and tails. 他戴着高顶大礼帽，身穿燕尾服。 |
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| - | be on sb’ s tail BRITISH
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| to drive very close behind another car |
| 紧跟某人的车 |
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| - | the tail wagging the dog informal
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| used for saying that a situation is stupid because something important is being decided or controlled by something less important |
| 尾巴摇狗（用于指本末倒置或主次颠倒的愚蠢情形） |
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| - | turntail
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| to run away from a dangerous situation |
| （遇到危险）转身逃跑 |
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| - | with your tail between your legs informal
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| ashamed or upset because you have been defeated |
| 夹着尾巴，灰溜溜地（指由于失败而感到羞愧或不安） |
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