Tail

(noun.) the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body.

(noun.) the rear part of an aircraft.

(noun.) (usually plural) the reverse side of a coin that does not bear the representation of a person's head.

(noun.) a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements.

(noun.) any projection that resembles the tail of an animal.

(verb.) remove the stalk of fruits or berries.

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• You know, he said, I can't make head or tail out of this business. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Apparently it carried this vast body kangaroo fashion on its tail and hind legs. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Then, as the creature's legs appear and its tail is absorbed, it begins to use its lungs, and its gills dwindle and vanish. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• I would almost as soon believe that the cat curls the end of its tail when preparing to spring, in order to warn the doomed mouse. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• Add to that the length of neck and head, and you get a creature not much less than two feet long--probably more if there is any tail. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• Not thirty paces behind the two she crouched--Sabor, the huge lioness--lashing her tail. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• The dog wagged his tail, but moved not. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Some sailors being aloft in the main-topsail rigging, the captain had ordered them to race down, threatening the hindmost with the cat-of-nine-tails. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• I am sure that you cannot fail to be delighted with the traces of heredity shown in the p's and in the tails of the g's. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• It was the Manchus who obliged the Chinese to wear pig-tails as a mark of submission. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Only to jerk their tails up and down. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• He probed the glowworms with a bit of stick, and rolled them over, till the bright side of their tails was upwards. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• I fancy that my pal is all right, though I see you have got his coat-tails. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• The adults stood aloft upon their toes and their mighty tails, their talons pruning every available leaf and twig. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• Time passed Thomas on in the mill, while his father was thinking about it, and there he stood in a long-tailed coat and a stiff shirt-collar. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Was it some one who had watched the swift, sure-footed spring of a bushy-tailed squirrel from branch to branch? 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• All I want to say is that my daughter'--he tailed off into silence, overcome by futility. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• He began with the history of Galvanism, de tailed the successive discoveries, and described the different methods of accumulating influence. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• The students were shouting half-articulated words that tailed off in helpless explosions. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• But if there did happen to come along a highly attractive individual of sufficient means--well--' she tailed off ironically. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Sir, your god, your great Bel, your fish-tailed Dagon, rises before me as a demon. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• I--I didn't understand him so, certainly,' said Mr. Winkle, astounded on this ingenious dove-tailing of the few words he had heard. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• This neutralized the tailing effect by clearing the line between pulsations, thus allowing the telegraphic characters to be clearly and distinctly outlined upon the tape. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.

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