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  • noun
    plural tails
    [count] :the part of an animal's body that extends from the animal's back end
    a monkey with a long tail
    [count] a long piece that extends from the back end or bottom of something
    the tail of a kite
    a comet's tail - see also pigtails, ponytail, shirttail
    the back end of an airplane, helicopter, etc. - see picture at airplane
    tails [plural] :the back side of a coin :the side of a coin that is opposite the side which shows a picture of a person's head - usually used to refer to one of the two choices you can make when a coin is thrown in the air to decide something
    I call tails.
    Is it heads or tails? [=did the coin land with heads or tails facing up?] - compare 1head 5
    tails [plural] :tailcoat
    He wore a top hat and tails.
    [singular] informal :a person (such as a detective) who follows or watches someone
    They put a tail on the suspect. [=they had someone follow the suspect]
    bright-eyed and bushy-tailed
    xem bright
    not make head or/nor tail of
    xem head
    on someone's tail
    informal :following closely behind someone
    The sheriff was hot on their tails.
    the tail wagging the dog
    informal - used to describe a situation in which an important or powerful person, organization, etc., is being controlled by someone or something that is much less important or powerful;
    turn tail
    informal :to turn around and run away from danger, trouble, etc.
    He turned tail and ran from the fight.
    You can't just turn tail and run from your problems.
    with your tail between your legs
    with a feeling of being embarrassed or ashamed especially because you have been defeated
    He lost the fight and went home with his tail between his legs.
    verb
    tails; tailed; tailing
    [+ obj] informal :to follow (someone) closely
    The police had been tailing the suspect for several miles.
    She is constantly tailed by the press.
    always followed by an adverb or preposition [no obj] :to move in a line that is not straight
    The pitch tailed away from the batter.
    tail back
    [phrasal verb] Brit of vehicles :to form a line that moves slowly or not at all because of heavy traffic, an accident, etc.
    Traffic tailed back [=backed up] for miles. - see also tailback 2
    tail off
    [phrasal verb]
    to become smaller or quieter in a gradual way
    Our productivity tailed off last year.
    She started to ask a question and then her voice tailed off. [=trailed off]

    * Các từ tương tự:
    tail end, tail fin, tailback, tailbone, tailcoat, tailed, tailgate, tailgate party, taillight