English Dictionary

tail

IPA（発音記号）

/teɪl/

動詞

他動詞

(transitive) To follow and observe surreptitiously. / (architecture) To hold by the end; said of a timber when it rests upon a wall or other support; with in or into

日本語の意味

秘密裏に後をつけて観察する、尾行する行動をする。 / (建築) 木材の一端が壁などの支えに寄りかかって支持される状態を表す。

The detective decided to tail the suspect through the crowded market.

刑事は混雑した市場で容疑者を尾行することにした。

意味（1）

(transitive) To follow and observe surreptitiously.

Tail that car!

意味（2）

(architecture) To hold by the end; said of a timber when it rests upon a wall or other support; with in or into

意味（3）

(nautical) To swing with the stern in a certain direction; said of a vessel at anchor.

This vessel tails downstream.

意味（4）

To follow or hang to, like a tail; to be attached closely to, as that which can not be evaded.

Nevertheless his bond of two thousand pounds, wherewith he was tailed, continued uncancelled.

意味（5）

To pull or draw by the tail.

The conqu'ring foe they soon afailid, First Trulla stav'd, and Cerdon tail'd

tails （ present singular third-person ）

tailing （ participle present ）

tailed （ participle past ）

tailed （ past ）