coattail

名詞

比喩的用法通例複数形

The flap at the back of a coat that hangs down, sometimes below the waist.

日本語の意味

コートの後ろ側にある、垂れ下がる部分（裾の部分）

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A sudden gust of wind lifted his coattail and fluttered it against his leg.

Google翻訳 / DeepL翻訳

突風が吹いて、コートの後ろに垂れる裾がめくれ上がり、彼の足にぱたついた。

詳細

意味（1）

The flap at the back of a coat that hangs down, sometimes below the waist.

At twilight in the summer […] the mice come out. They […] eat the luncheon crumbs. Mr. Checkly, for instance, always brought his dinner in a paper parcel in his coat-tail pocket, and ate it when so disposed, sprinkling crumbs lavishly […] on the floor.

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