| 单词 | tail-wind |
| 释义 | > as lemmastail-wind a. Forming or situated at the tail, bottom, or rear, hindmost; as tail decoy, tail half, tail hound, tail van; coming from the rear, as tail-wind. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > position at the back > [adjective] > farthest back hindermost1398 hinderestc1405 hindmost1487 last1549 backermost1669 tail1673 rearmost1718 backmost1782 the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > wind as means of propulsion > favourable wind fore-wind1561 trail wind1679 tail-wind1897 1673 tr. A. de Courtin Rules Civility (ed. 2) x. 104 Flounders, Place, or the like;..the tail-half is the best. 1857 T. Hughes Tom Brown's School Days i. vii. 164 The tail hounds all straining to get up with the lucky leaders [in hare-and-hounds]. 1874 J. W. Long Amer. Wild-fowl Shooting xxv. 257 Wait until they are over the ‘tail’ decoys. 1897 Westm. Gaz. 1 Mar. 8/1 With a strong tail wind birds have accomplished more than sixty miles in the hour. 1927 C. A. Lindbergh ‘We’ iii. 39 I left Texarkana with a strong tail wind. 1970 T. Hughes Crow 15 He stuffed the head half headfirst into woman And it crept in deeper and up to peer out through her eyes Calling its tail-half to join up quickly. 1976 Evening Times (Glasgow) 1 Dec. 5/3 Tail winds across the Atlantic knocked up to an hour off the flying times of some transatlantic flights. < as lemmas |
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