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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary
- 尾巴 [wěibɑ]
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1.
noun
[尾部]
tail
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2.
noun
[残余]
unfinished business
- 今天的会议留了个尾巴。
- Today's meeting left unfinished business.
- 3. noun [跟踪的人]
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1.
noun
[尾部]
tail
Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary
Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary
- 尾巴 [wěibɑ]
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1.
名
某些动物身体末端凸出的部分
- 猫尾巴。
- 鱼尾巴。
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2.
名
泛指事物的尾部
- 船尾巴。
- 车尾巴。
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3.
名
比喻跟随或附和别人的人
- 不能作群众的尾巴。
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4.
名
比喻跟踪盯梢的人
- 注意，你后面有尾巴。
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5.
名
比喻事情的余留部分
- 工程还有点儿尾巴。
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1.
名
某些动物身体末端凸出的部分
Examples
- 掉尾巴
- wag the tail → 掉
- 狐狸尾巴总是要露出来的。
- A fox cannot hide its tail. or The devil can't hide his cloven hoof. → 狐狸尾巴
- 抓住阴谋家的狐狸尾巴
- seize hold of the evidence which gives the conspirator away → 狐狸尾巴
- 撅着尾巴
- sticking up the tail → 撅
- 他做事老留个尾巴让我来收拾。
- He always leaves some loose ends for me to clear up for him. → 留尾巴
- 甩掉尾巴
- throw off a pursuer; throw off a tail → 甩掉
- 问题要彻底解决，不要拖个尾巴。
- The problem must be solved once for all, without leaving any loose ends. → 拖尾巴
- 夹起尾巴逃跑
- run away with one's tail between one's legs → 尾巴
- 夹着尾巴做人
- tuck one's tail between one's legs; pull (or draw) one's horns in → 尾巴
- 彗星尾巴
- the tail of a comet → 尾巴
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