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tails (side of coin) noun [UK: teɪlz] [US: ˈteɪlz] | 反面 /fǎnmiàn/noun 背面 /bèimiàn/noun |
tail [tails] (appendage of an animal) noun [UK: teɪl] [US: ˈteɪl] | 尾巴 /wěibā/noun |
tail [tailed, tailing, tails] (to tail) verb [UK: teɪl] [US: ˈteɪl] | 尾随 /wěisuí/verb 尾隨verb |
bristletail [bristletails] (insect of the order Zygentoma) noun [UK: brˈɪsəltˌeɪl] [US: brˈɪsəltˌeɪl] | 衣魚noun 衣鱼 /yīyú/noun |
cat-o'-nine-tails (nine-corded whip) noun [UK: ˌkæt ə ˈnaɪn teɪlz] [US: ˌkæt ə ˈnaɪn teɪlz] | 九尾猫 /jiǔwěi māo/noun 九尾鞭noun |
cocktail [cocktails] (alcoholic beverage) noun [UK: ˈkɒk.teɪl] [US: ˈkɑːk.ˌtel] | 雞尾酒noun 鸡尾酒 /jīwěijiǔ/noun |
contact details (information on how to contact a person) noun | 聯繫方式noun |
curtail [curtailed, curtailing, curtails] (limit or restrict) verb [UK: kɜː.ˈteɪl] [US: kər.ˈteɪl] | 限制,制约verb |
curtail [curtailed, curtailing, curtails] (shorten or abridge) verb [UK: kɜː.ˈteɪl] [US: kər.ˈteɪl] | 缩减,精简verb |
detail [details] (part small enough to escape casual notice) noun [UK: ˈdiː.teɪl] [US: də.ˈteɪl] | 細節noun 细节 /xìjié/noun |
devil is in the details (specific provisions of something may be complicated) phrase | xìjié juédìng chéngbài/phrase 关键在细节,细节决定成败 /guānjiàn zài xìjiéphrase 關鍵在細節,細節決定成敗phrase |
dovetail [dovetailed, dovetailing, dovetails] (of several things: to combine or fit together well) verb [UK: ˈdʌv.teɪl] [US: ˈdʌv.ˌtel] | 嚴絲合縫verb |
dovetail [dovetails] (type of joint where adjoining components are fastened by multiple tenons cut into wedge shapes resembling a dove’s tail, which interlock with mortises having corresponding shapes) noun [UK: ˈdʌv.teɪl] [US: ˈdʌv.ˌtel] | 燕尾榫 /yànwěisǔn/noun |
foxtail [foxtails] (foxtail grass) noun [UK: ˈfɑːk.ˌstel] [US: ˈfɑːk.ˌstel] | 看麥娘noun |
heads or tails noun [UK: hedz ɔː(r) teɪlz] [US: ˈhedz ɔːr ˈteɪlz] | 掷毫 /zhì háo/noun 掷硬币 /zhì yìngbì/noun 擲毫noun 擲硬幣noun |
horsetail [horsetails] (plant of the order Equisetales) noun [UK: ˈhɔː.ˌstel] [US: ˈhɔːr.ˌstel] | 問荊noun 问荆 /wènjīng/noun |
oxtail [oxtails] (meat from the tail of a cow) noun [UK: ˈɒks.teɪl] [US: ˈɑːks.teɪl] | 牛尾 /niúwěi/noun |
pigtail [pigtails] (braided plait of hair) noun [UK: ˈpɪɡ.teɪl] [US: ˈpɪɡ.teɪl] | 辫子 /biànzi/noun 辮子noun |
ponytail [ponytails] (hairstyle) noun [UK: ˈpəʊ.nɪ.teɪl] [US: ˈpoʊ.ni.ˌtel] | 馬尾noun 馬尾辮noun 马尾 /mǎwěi/noun 马尾辫 /mǎwěibiàn/noun |
wagtail [wagtails] (various small passerine birds) noun [UK: ˈwæɡ.teɪl] [US: ˈwæɡ.teɪl] | 雝渠 /yōngqú/noun 鶺鴒noun |