高中英语单词天天记tail素材

1、tailv. te ? l ( tails; tailed; tailing )双解释义vt. & vi, 我艮踪 follow sb closely, follow close behind moving in a file基本要点?I.tail用作名词是“尾巴”的意思，转化为动词作“跟踪，盯梢”解，指跟踪的人像尾巴一样紧紧地尾随着目标，观察其所作所为。这种跟踪可以表示较短暂的、较远距离的行动，含有动机不良的意味或暗示一种尾随而一直不被察觉的愿望。2 .tail有时也可作“给（某物体）装尾部巴”解。3 .tail可用作不及物动词，也可用作及物动词。用作不及物动词时，常与off连用；用

2、作及物动词时接名词或代词作宾语，可用于被动结构。?词汇搭配?+名词? tail a kite为风筝装尾巴? tail a model plane为模型飞机装尾翼? tail the spy跟踪间谍? tail thief跟踪小偷?|+副词?tailaimlessly无目的地跟踪?tail alternately有变化地跟踪?tail carefully小心翼翼地跟踪?tailcasually漫无目的地跟踪?tailcautiously谨慎地跟踪9tail cleverly机敏地跟踪tail closely紧紧地跟踪tail constantly不断地跟踪tail deliberately谨慎地

3、跟踪tail frequently不断地跟踪tail moderately适度地跟踪tail mysteriously秘密地跟踪tail originally最初跟踪tail properly恰当地跟踪tail readily有准备地跟踪tail scientifically科学地跟踪tail seriously认真地跟踪tail skillfully技术高超地跟踪tail slowly慢慢地跟踪tail solely单独地跟踪tail specially具体地跟踪tail thoroughly全面地跟踪tail wilfully故意地跟踪tail wisely 明智地跟踪tail back

4、尾随，跟踪，造成交通阻塞tail off零散地落在后面，变得越来越少小+介词tail after尾随，跟踪tail after a suspect跟踪嫌疑犯常用短语tail after(v.+prep.)尾随,跟踪 follow close behind tail after sb/sth老是可以看见那条狗紧紧地一辆救护车跟在马拉松运动员That dog is always seen tailing after its master.跟在它主人后面。An ambulance tailed after the marathon runners.的后面。tail back(v.+adv.)造成交通

5、阻塞 form a traffic jam tail backThe traffic was tailing back all the way to the city centre.道路交通一直阻塞到市中心。Traffic tailed back for 15 miles when the road was blocked by an accident.当公路因事故受阻时，后面停下的车辆长达15英里。tail off(v.+adv.) tail off1 .零散地落在后面 fall behind or away in a scattered lineThe second team tailed

6、 off behind.第二队零零落落地跟在后面。2 .变得越来越少小 gogrowprogressively smaller in number, size, etc.The attendants tailed off towards the end of the meeting.会议接近尾声时人渐渐走光了。The shower tailed off into a drizzle.阵雨越来越小，最后变成了毛毛雨。The productivity in many foreign plants tailed off as the oil shortagesharpened last winter

7、.去年冬天随着石油短缺加剧,许多外国工厂的生产率逐步下 降。3 .变得越来越轻分散grow progressively fainter or more scatteredHis voice tailed off as his courage failed.随着勇气的消失，他的声音也渐渐弱了。His voice tailed off into silence.他的话音越来越低，终于哑然无声了。The work of some students begins to tail off as they approach their examination.随着考试的临近，学生的课程量开始减少。The

8、report begins well but tails off in the final paragraphs.这篇报告开头写得不错，但到最后几段就逐渐逊色了。Owing to little response, his speech tailed off to a hesitant end.由于得不到多少反应，他的演说吞吞吐吐地收了场。His interest tailed o f f to wards the end o f the film.他的兴趣在电影临 结束时荡然无存。?句型例句?用作不及物动词 S+（+A）The ship tailed down stream.那船船尾朝下游停着

9、。用作及物动词 S+n./pron.The police have been tailing me.警察直在跟踪着我。The dete c tive tailed the thie f thro ug h the c ro w d.侦探在人群中穿梭， 尾随着小偷。The secret agent tailed the spy to his hotel.该特工跟踪那个间谍到他住的旅馆。He tailed the car until it had driven beyond the city boundary.他直跟踪到那辆汽车驶出该城市的边界。I tailed the model plane.我

10、给模型飞机装了尾翼。用于beed结构You are being tailed.有人在盯你的梢。?词语辨异?tail, chase, follow, pursue, tag, trail参见follow 条。?补充资料?同义词 v. chase, follow, pursue, tag, trail词源古英语 中古英语t? gel(马尾巴)? tailn. te ? l ( tails ) 双解释义 C 尾，尾巴 the movable long growth at the back or end of a creature's body C 尾巴似的东西 ，尾状物；尾部 sth lik

11、e this in appearance, shape, orposition基本要点I.tail用作名词的基本意思是“尾巴” “尾部” “后部” ，常指动物的尾巴，也可指具体物的尾部，是可数名词。2 .tail用于比喻指人时可作“尾随的人” “暗探”解,指物时可作“尾巴似的东西尾状物”解。3 .tail 在口语中可作“燕尾服”解，此时通常用复数形式。4 .tail还可作“硬币的反面"解，与"head（正面）”相对，是可数名词。?词汇搭配, 动词+， dock a tail剪短尾巴， shorten a tail剪短尾巴， stick a tail up翘尾巴get one

12、's tail down害怕,失去勇气get one's tail up情绪很高, put a tail on sb派人暗中跟踪某人，turn tail转身逃跑形容词+，bushy tail蓬松的尾巴， furry tail毛茸茸的尾巴， long tail长尾巴， short tail短尾巴+名词? tail wind顺风，由后面吹来的风介词+， at the tail of在末尾，在最后， by the tail结尾，终究垂头丧气with one's tail between one's legs常用短语make head or tail of非正看懂 un

13、derstand; find a meaning inCan you make head or tail of his letter?你能看懂他的信吗 ？I have read the document through three times, but I can't make head or tailof it.我已把这文件从头至尾看了三遍，却仍然不解其意。He used so many technical terms in his talk that the audience could not makehead or tail of it.他在讲话中用了许多专门术语，听众简直摸不

14、着头脑。the tail wag the dog尾巴摇狗；喻本末倒置 situation in which a minor part of sth is controllingor determining the course of the wholeIt is as though instead of a dog wagging its tail the tail should wag thedog.这情况恰似尾巴倒过来摇狗而不是狗摇尾巴了。That the few right-wingers should exert such an influence on the policy ofth

15、e party is a case of the tail wagging the dog.少数几个右翼分子对党的政策竟有这么大的影响，真是尾巴指挥狗一一主次颠倒了。turn tail转身(逃走)，逃跑 turn round defeated (and run away)他们打斗了一会儿They fought for a few moments, then turned tail and fled.就转身逃跑了。The fighters demolished an enemy tank and the other three turned tail andfled. 士兵们干掉了敌人的一辆坦克

16、，另三辆掉头逃窜了。with one's tail between one's legs夹着尾巴，垂头丧气，灰溜溜地 in a sadashamedmannerHe came back with his tail between his legs.他垂头丧气地回来了。He didn't seem at all sorry, but he went away with his tail between his legs after I made him apologize in front of everyone.他彳以乎没有丝毫歉意 ,但在我让他向大家道歉后，他垂头丧气

17、地走掉了。?句型例句?A fox cannot hide its tail.狐狸的尾巴是藏不住的。You can touch a hibernating animal, or even pull its tail, without causingit to move or wake up.你可以摸冬眠的动物，甚至拉它的尾巴，也不会使它动一动或醒来。The tiger lashed its tail about whenever anyone came near its cage.一有人走近笼子，老虎就不停地甩尾巴。We knew the animal was in there, because

18、 it left its tail poking out.我们知道这动物在那里面，因为它的尾巴还露在外面。The bird is colored yellowish on its back, wings and tail.这鸟的背部、 翼、尾羽呈淡黄色。This bird is easily recognized from its size and the unusual shape of itstail.通过体形的大小和形状特别的尾巴，可以容易地认出这是只什么鸟。Some guinea pigs lack tails.有些月豕鼠没有尾巴。Cow s use their tails to keep a way flies.牛常用尾巴驱赶苍蝇。I prefer to sit towards the tail of the plane.