1. turn tail : 逃跑;
及物动词
名词
1. 尾;尾巴
The tail of an animal, bird, or fish is the part extending beyond the end of its body.
1. the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body
2. the rear part of a ship
Synonym: sternafter partquarterpoop
3. the rear part of an aircraft
Synonym: tail assemblyempennage
4. (usually plural) the reverse side of a coin that does not bear the representation of a person's head
5. the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
e.g. he deserves a good kick in the butt
are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?
Synonym: buttocksnatesarsebuttbacksidebumbunscanfundamenthindquartershind endkeisterposteriorpratrearrear endrumpsternseattail endtooshietushbottombehindderrierefannyass
6. a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements
7. any projection that resembles the tail of an animal
Synonym: tail end
8. the time of the last part of something
e.g. the fag end of this crisis-ridden century
the tail of the storm