单词 | to tail away |
释义 | > as lemmasto tail away to tail away intransitive. To fall away in a tail or straggling line; to die away. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > decrease in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (intransitive)] > gradually meltc1225 dwindle1598 to die down1836 to trail off1845 to taper off (away, down)1848 to tail off (out)1854 to tail away1860 fritter1874 1860 W. H. Russell My Diary in India 1858–9 II. xix. 369 They were, however, tailing away fast, as we afterwards discovered. 1905 R. Hichens Garden of Allah vii The aird, sunburnt tracts, where its life centred and where it tailed away into suburban edges not unlike the ragged edges of worn garments. < as lemmas |
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