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- a label attached to someone or something for the purpose of identification or to give other information标签。
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- an electronic device that can be attached to someone or something for monitoring purposes, e.g. to track offenders under house arrest or to deter shoplifters电子监控器。
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- a nickname or description popularly given to someone or something绰号。
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- US a licence plate of a motor vehicle〈美〉（机动车的）牌照。
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- Computing a character or set of characters appended to an item of data in order to identify it【计算机】标识符, 标记。
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- a small piece or part that is attached to a main body（主体上的）一小部分。
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- a ragged lock of wool on a sheep（羊身上）一簇纠结的羊毛。
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- the tip of an animal's tail when it is distinctively coloured（动物颜色鲜艳的）尾尖。
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- a loose or spare end of something; a leftover多余的部分; 剩余物。
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- a metal or plastic point at the end of a shoelace that stiffens it, making it easier to insert through an eyelet（鞋带上的金属或塑料）包头。
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- a frequently repeated quotation or stock phrase口头禅。
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- Theatre a closing speech addressed to the audience【戏剧】（戏剧的）终场词。
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- the refrain of a song叠歌, 副歌。
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- a musical phrase added to the end of a piece（音乐末尾的）叠句。
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- Grammar a short phrase or clause added to an already complete sentence, as in I like it, I do【语法】附加语。参见TAG QUESTION.
(tagged, tagging)with obj.
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- attach a label to给…加上标签：
mothers suspected that their babies had been wrongly tagged during an alarm at the hospital.
母亲们怀疑医院在发生警报时把她们的小宝宝标错了。
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- with obj. and adverbial or complement give a specified name or description to把…称作, 把…描述为：
he left because he didn't want to be tagged as a soap star.
他之所以离开是因为他不想被人称作是肥皂剧明星。
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- attach an electronic tag to给…装上电子监控器：
as noun tagging the tagging of remand prisoners.对在押犯人的电子监控。
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- Computing add a character or set of characters to (an item of data) in order to identify it for later retrieval【计算机】自动标记（一项数据）。
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- Biology & Chemistry label (something) with a radioactive isotope, fluorescent dye, or other marker【生, 化】（以放射性同位素、荧光剂或其他标识符）标识, 标记：
pieces of DNA tagged with radioactive particles.
以放射性粒子标识的脱氧核糖核酸片。
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- with obj. and adverbial add to something, especially as an afterthought or with no real connection添加（尤指事后想起的或没有多大关联的事物）：
she meant to tag her question on at the end of her remarks.
她本想要在话尾附加一个问题。
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- no obj., with adverbial follow or accompany someone, especially without invitation（尤指没被邀请而）跟随（或陪伴）：
that'll teach you not to tag along where you're not wanted.
那会给你教训：不要跟随别人去你不受欢迎的地方。
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- with obj. Brit. informal follow closely〈英, 非正式〉尾随; 盯…的梢：
we were tagged-that car was following us.
我们被人盯上了——那辆车一直跟着我们。
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- shear away ragged locks of wool from (sheep)给（羊）剪去纠结的毛。
词源
late Middle English (denoting a narrow hanging section of a decoratively slashed garment)： of unknown origin; compare with DAG. The verb dates from the early 17th cent.
mass noun
1- a children's game in which one chases the rest, and anyone who is caught then becomes the pursuer（儿童的）捉人游戏。
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- as modifier denoting a form of wrestling involving tag teams（摔跤比赛中场下运动员替换场上运动员的）触手替换。见TAG TEAM.
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- Baseball the action of tagging a runner【棒球】触杀。
(tagged, tagging)with obj.
1- touch (someone being chased) in a game of tag（在捉人游戏中）用手碰触而抓获。
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- Baseball put (a runner) out by touching with the ball or with the hand holding the ball【棒球】触杀（跑垒员）。
词源
mid 18th cent.: perhaps a variant of TIG.