| 主要翻译 |
| tail n | (animal: end part) (动物) | SCSimplified Chinese 尾，尾巴 wěi ，wěi bɑ
TCTraditional Chinese 尾，尾巴 |
| | The dog yelped when the guy stepped on his tail. |
| | 尾巴被踩着时，狗儿痛得吠了一声。 |
| tail n | figurative (rear) | SCSimplified Chinese 后部 hòu bù |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 尾部 hòu bù，wěi bù |
| | The truck hit the tail of the car. |
| | 卡车从后面撞上了那辆车。 |
| tail n | (end section of an aircraft) | SCSimplified Chinese 飞机的尾部 fēi jī de wěi bù |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 机尾 fēi jī de wěi bù，jī wěi |
| | The airline's logo was on the tail of the aircraft. |
| | 航空公司的标志在机尾上。 |
| tails n | (reverse face of a coin) | SCSimplified Chinese 硬币的背面 |
| | If the coin lands on heads, I win; if it's tails, you win. |
| | 如果硬币落地后是正面，我赢，如果是背面，你赢。 |
| tails interj | (coin: reverse face up) (感叹词) | SCSimplified Chinese 硬币背面朝上 |
| | Do you want heads or tails in the coin toss? Tails! |
| | 要抛硬币了，你赌正面还是背面？背面！ |
| tail adj | (rear) | SCSimplified Chinese 后部的 hòu bù de
TCTraditional Chinese 後部的 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 尾部的 hòu bù de ，wěi bù de |
| | The tail part of the car was damaged when it was hit by another car from behind. |
| | 这辆车的尾部被后方的来车撞坏了。 |
| 其他翻译 |
| tail adj | (coming from behind) | SCSimplified Chinese 从后面来的，从后方来的 cóng hòu miàn lái de |
| | The sailboat benefited from a strong tail breeze. |
| | 帆船得益于从后方刮来的强风。 |
| tail n | (end part of a comet) | SCSimplified Chinese 彗尾 huì wěi |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 彗星的末尾部分 huì wěi，huì xīng de mò wěi bù fèn |
| | The tail of that comet is visible with the naked eye. |
| | 那颗彗星的彗尾是肉眼可见的。 |
| tail n | (bottom of a shirt) (衬衫的) | SCSimplified Chinese 后下摆 hòu xià bǎi
TCTraditional Chinese 下擺 |
| | The tail of his shirt was hanging out of his pants. |
| | 他衬衣的后下摆露到裤子外面了。 |
| tail n | (trailing part of a kite) | SCSimplified Chinese 风筝尾部 fēng zhēng wěi bù
TCTraditional Chinese 風箏尾部 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 尾巴 fēng zhēng wěi bù，wěi bɑ
TCTraditional Chinese 尾巴 |
| | The kite had a long beautiful tail. |
| | 那面风筝的尾部又长又好看。 |
| tail n | figurative, slang (person doing surveillance) | SCSimplified Chinese 跟踪者，盯梢者 gēn zōng zhě，dīng shāo zhě |
| | The police put a tail on the gangster to find out who his associates are. |
| tail n | vulgar, offensive, informal, mainly US (sex with a woman) | SCSimplified Chinese （与女子）性交 |
| | Rob is so immature; all he ever talks about is "getting some tail." |
| tail n | vulgar, offensive!, informal, mainly US (women as sexual object) (指性对象) | SCSimplified Chinese 女人，妞 nǚ rén，niū
TCTraditional Chinese 女人 |
| | Steve is such a misogynist; he talks about women as "tail." |
| tail n | US, informal (buttocks) | SCSimplified Chinese 臀部，屁股 tún bù，pì gǔ
TCTraditional Chinese 屁股 |
| | I slipped in the mud and landed on my tail. |
| tails npl | (tailcoat: men's dress coat) | SCSimplified Chinese 燕尾服 yàn wěi fú |
| | He was dressed in top hat and tails. |
| | 他头戴高礼帽，身着燕尾服。 |
| tail [sb/sth]⇒ vtr | informal (follow) (非正式用语) | SCSimplified Chinese 跟随, 盯梢, 偷偷尾随 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 紧随…之后 jǐn suí … zhī hòu |
| | The spy tailed the official to find out whom he was working with. |
| | 间谍偷偷尾随这位官员，想弄清楚他与谁一起工作。 |
| | NEW：那条狗紧随主人之后跑了出去。 |
复合形式：
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coattail (US),
coat-tail (UK) n | usually plural (man's formal jacket: back flap) (常作_s) | SCSimplified Chinese 燕尾服的燕尾 yàn wěi fú de yàn wěi |
| e-tail n | (selling on Internet) | SCSimplified Chinese 电子零售 |
hightail,
high-tail vi | informal, US (run, hurry) (非正式用语) | SCSimplified Chinese 急忙走开，快跑，急行 jí máng zǒu kāi，kuài pǎo ，jí xíng |
| | The shoplifter hightailed out of the store with the security guard in hot pursuit. |
| | 扒手在保安的紧追之下飞快地冲出了商店。 |
hightail it,
high-tail it v expr | informal, US (run, hurry) | SCSimplified Chinese 快速逃跑 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 迅速逃离 |
| | The burglars hightailed it before the police arrived. |
horizontal stabilizer,
also UK: horizontal stabiliser,
tail plane n | (aeronautics) (飞机) | SCSimplified Chinese 水平安定面，水平稳定面 |
make heads or tails of [sth] (US),
make head or tail of [sth],
make head nor tail of [sth] (UK) v expr | (understand [sth]) | SCSimplified Chinese 把…搞清楚 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 把…弄明白 |
| 备注: Usually in the negative. |
| mare's tail n | (variety of waterweed) | SCSimplified Chinese 马尾草 |
ponytail,
pony tail n | (tied-back hairstyle) | SCSimplified Chinese 马尾式辫子 mǎ wěi shì biàn zi |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 马尾辫 mǎ wěi shì biàn zi，mǎ wěi biàn
TCTraditional Chinese 馬尾辮 |
| | The cooks with long hair were required to wear a ponytail to work. |
rat-tail,
also US: rattail n | (fish with long thin tail) | SCSimplified Chinese 鼠尾鳕 |
rat-tail,
rat's tail,
also US: rattail n | (hair: thin pony tail) | SCSimplified Chinese 鼠尾辫 |
rat-tail,
rattail adj | US, figurative (comb, etc.: having straight handle like rat's tail) | SCSimplified Chinese 尖尾的 |
shirttail,
shirt-tail n | (bottom part of a shirt) | SCSimplified Chinese 衬衫下摆 chèn shān xià bǎi
TCTraditional Chinese 襯衫下擺 |
shirttail,
shirt-tail adj | US, figurative (relative: distant) (指亲戚) | SCSimplified Chinese 远亲的，远房的 yuǎn qīn de ，yuǎn fáng de
TCTraditional Chinese 遠親的 |
shirttail,
shirt-tail n | US, figurative (addition to news story) (新闻) | SCSimplified Chinese 附注 |
shirttail,
shirt-tail adj | US, figurative (small, of little value) | SCSimplified Chinese 微不足道的 wēi bù zú dào de |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 没什么价值的 |
shirttail,
shirt-tail vi | US, figurative (use success or connections) | SCSimplified Chinese 借助，趁机利用 jiè zhù，chèn jī lì yòng
TCTraditional Chinese 借助，趁機利用 |
| sting in the tail expr | UK, figurative (unpleasant turn of events) | SCSimplified Chinese 令人不快的意外结局 |
| | John's final words to her were the sting in the tail of what should have been an enjoyable evening. |
| tail end n | (very last part) | SCSimplified Chinese 末端 mò duān |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 结束 mò duān，jié shù
TCTraditional Chinese 結束 |
| | The car at the tail end of a railway train is often called the caboose. |
| tail fin n | (of a fish) (鱼) | SCSimplified Chinese 尾鳍 wěi qí |
| | I could tell by its tail fin that the fish was a marlin. |
tail fin,
tailfin n | (on a car) | SCSimplified Chinese 汽车尾翼 |
| | American cars in the 1950's had tail fins. |
| tail gate n | (lock, canal: downstream gate) | SCSimplified Chinese 尾门 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 下闸门 |
| tail lamp n | UK (vehicle's rear light) | SCSimplified Chinese 尾灯 wěi dēng |
| tail lights npl | npl (vehicle's rear lights) (车) | SCSimplified Chinese 尾灯 wěi dēng |
| | The deputy stopped us because one of our tail lights was out. |
| tail-off n | figurative (gradual decrease) | SCSimplified Chinese 渐少 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 逐渐减少 zhú jiàn jiǎn shǎo
TCTraditional Chinese 逐漸減少 |
| | We are finally seeing a tail-off in cases of the virus. |
tailcoat,
tail coat n | (men's dress coat) | SCSimplified Chinese 燕尾服 yàn wěi fú |
tailwind,
tail wind n | (wind from behind) | SCSimplified Chinese 顺风 shùn fēng
TCTraditional Chinese 順風 |
| | The plane arrived early because there was a tailwind for almost the entire flight. |
telltale,
tell-tale,
tell-tail n | (nautical: indicates air flow) (航海) | SCSimplified Chinese 航角指示器 |
| | The sailor struggled to repair the tell-tale during the storm. |
| top and tail v expr | (vegetable: remove both ends) (蔬菜) | SCSimplified Chinese 除去…的两端，去掉…的两端 |
| | Top and tail the carrots then dice them and add to the pan. |
| top and tail v expr | (method of washing a baby) (婴儿) | SCSimplified Chinese 从头至尾地清洗，彻头彻尾地清洗 |
| top to tail adv | (people: head to feet) | SCSimplified Chinese 从头到脚 cóng tóu dào jiǎo
TCTraditional Chinese 從頭到腳 |
| | The two brothers were sharing a bed, lying top to tail. |
tri-tip (US),
rump tail (UK) n | (cut of meat: tri-tip beef) | SCSimplified Chinese 三角肉 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 三角状牛排 |
tri-tip beef (US),
rump-tail beef (UK) n | (cut of meat) (牛腰) | SCSimplified Chinese 三尖牛排，三岔牛排，三角牛排 |
| | The butcher trimmed the tri-tip beef for his customer. |
| turn tail vtr + n | figurative (run away) | SCSimplified Chinese 转身逃跑 zhuǎn shēn táo pǎo
TCTraditional Chinese 轉身逃跑 |
| | Seeing the criminal with a gun made her turn tail. |
| with your tail between your legs expr | figurative (in defeat) | SCSimplified Chinese 灰溜溜地离开 |
| | | SCSimplified Chinese 垂头丧气地离去 |