英语词汇“to tail off”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1. transitive. To cause to fall away gradually towards the end; to taper off.

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the world > space > shape > fact or condition of tapering > taper [verb (transitive)]

taper1675

to thin off, down1793

snape1794

to tail off (out)1827

the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > reduce in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (transitive)] > reduce gradually

to wane away1601

wear1697

wean1707

whittle1736

to tail off (out)1827

to ease off1884

to taper off (away, down)1898

to run down1960

to wind down1969

1827 H. Steuart Planter's Guide (1828) 304 They [artificial hillocks] should be well ‘tailed out’, as the workmen call it,..letting their hard outline imperceptibly disappear, and, as it were, die away in the outline of the adjoining surface.

1842 S. Lover Handy Andy v He..finished it in a gentle murmur—tailed it off very taper, indeed.

2. intransitive. To fall away in a tail; to diminish and cease; to come gradually to an end; to subside.

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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

1854 J. D. Hooker Himalayan Jrnls. I. xvii. 396 It tailed off abruptly at the junction of the rivers.

1862 London Society July 86 Already the weaker horses are weeded out, and the poorer spirited are tailing off.

1898 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. V. 977 The dull sound of valvular tension may be heard to precede it [a cardiac bruit], when it ‘tails off’ from the first sound.

1905 F. Young Sands of Pleasure i. iv His voice tailed off into a sigh.

3. intransitive. To turn tail, take to flight, go or run off; to withdraw. colloquial.

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)]

wendeOE

i-wite971

ashakec975

shakeOE

to go awayOE

witea1000

afareOE

agoOE

atwendOE

awayOE

to wend awayOE

awendOE

gangOE

rimeOE

flitc1175

to fare forthc1200

depart?c1225

part?c1225

partc1230

to-partc1275

biwitec1300

atwitea1325

withdrawa1325

to draw awayc1330

passc1330

to turn one's (also the) backc1330

lenda1350

begonec1370

remuea1375

voidc1374

removec1380

to long awaya1382

twinc1386

to pass one's wayc1390

trussc1390

waive1390

to pass out ofa1398

avoida1400

to pass awaya1400

to turn awaya1400

slakec1400

wagc1400

returnc1405

to be gonea1425

muck1429

packc1450

recede1450

roomc1450

to show (a person) the feetc1450

to come offc1475

to take one's licence1475

issue1484

devoidc1485

rebatea1500

walka1500

to go adieua1522

pikea1529

to go one's ways1530

retire?1543

avaunt1549

to make out1558

trudge1562

vade?1570

fly1581

leave1593

wag1594

to get off1595

to go off1600

to put off1600

shog1600

troop1600

to forsake patch1602

exit1607

hence1614

to give offa1616

to take off1657

to move off1692

to cut (also slip) the painter1699

sheera1704

to go about one's business1749

mizzle1772

to move out1792

transit1797–1803

stump it1803

to run away1809

quit1811

to clear off1816

to clear out1816

nash1819

fuff1822

to make (take) tracks (for)1824

mosey1829

slope1830

to tail out1830

to walk one's chalks1835

to take away1838

shove1844

trot1847

fade1848

evacuate1849

shag1851

to get up and get1854

to pull out1855

to cut (the) cable(s)1859

to light out1859

to pick up1872

to sling one's Daniel or hook1873

to sling (also take) one's hook1874

smoke1893

screw1896

shoot1897

voetsak1897

to tootle off1902

to ship out1908

to take a (run-out, walk-out, etc.) powder1909

to push off1918

to bugger off1922

biff1923

to fuck off1929

to hit, split or take the breeze1931

to jack off1931

to piss offa1935

to do a mick1937

to take a walk1937

to head off1941

to take a hike1944

moulder1945

to chuff off1947

to get lost1947

to shoot through1947

skidoo1949

to sod off1950

peel1951

bug1952

split1954

poop1961

mugger1962

frig1965

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > run away or flee

fleec825

afleeeOE

atrina1000

atfleec1000

to run awayOE

to turn to or into flighta1225

to turn the ridgec1225

atrenc1275

atshakec1275

to give backa1300

flemec1300

startc1330

to take (on oneself) the flighta1500

to take the back upon oneselfa1500

fly1523

to take (also betake) (oneself) to one's legs1530

to flee one's way1535

to take to one's heels1548

flought?1567

fuge1573

to turn taila1586

to run off1628

to take flighta1639

refugea1641

to run for it1642

to take leg1740

to give (also take) leg-bail1751

bail1775

sherry1788

to pull foot1792

fugitate1830

to tail off (out)1830

to take to flight1840

to break (strike, etc.) for (the) tall timber1845

guy1879

to give leg (or legs)1883

rabbit1887

to do a guy1889

high-tail1908

to have it on one's toes1958

1830 A. Sedgwick Let. 21 Nov. in J. W. Clark Life A. Sedgwick (1890) I. 366 Many men will tail off, if they have an excuse.

1841 F. E. Paget St. Antholin's vii. 146 Mrs. Spatterdash..tailed off at last to a dissenting chapel.

1868 F. E. Paget Lucretia 102 He ducked his head; made a slouching bow; tailed off to his pigs.

1877 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea (ed. 6) VI. vi. 376 Some..even tailed off.

1885 H. R. Haggard King Solomon's Mines xvi I was tailing out of it as hard as my legs would carry me.

4. transitive. To pass and leave behind (other competitors in a race, etc.).

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1852 J. F. Bateman Aquatic Notes 52 They got close to them at Grassy [corner], but were tailed-off in the Long Reach.

1907 Times 6 June 4/3 He was..one of the leaders for half a mile, but afterwards he was tailed off.

单词	to tail off
释义	> as lemmas to tail off (out) to tail off (out) 1. transitive. To cause to fall away gradually towards the end; to taper off. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > fact or condition of tapering > taper [verb (transitive)] taper1675 to thin off, down1793 snape1794 to tail off (out)1827 the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > reduce in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (transitive)] > reduce gradually to wane away1601 wear1697 wean1707 whittle1736 to tail off (out)1827 to ease off1884 to taper off (away, down)1898 to run down1960 to wind down1969 1827 H. Steuart Planter's Guide (1828) 304 They [artificial hillocks] should be well ‘tailed out’, as the workmen call it,..letting their hard outline imperceptibly disappear, and, as it were, die away in the outline of the adjoining surface. 1842 S. Lover Handy Andy v He..finished it in a gentle murmur—tailed it off very taper, indeed. 2. intransitive. To fall away in a tail; to diminish and cease; to come gradually to an end; to subside. 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 1854 J. D. Hooker Himalayan Jrnls. I. xvii. 396 It tailed off abruptly at the junction of the rivers. 1862 London Society July 86 Already the weaker horses are weeded out, and the poorer spirited are tailing off. 1898 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. V. 977 The dull sound of valvular tension may be heard to precede it [a cardiac bruit], when it ‘tails off’ from the first sound. 1905 F. Young Sands of Pleasure i. iv His voice tailed off into a sigh. 3. intransitive. To turn tail, take to flight, go or run off; to withdraw. colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] wendeOE i-wite971 ashakec975 shakeOE to go awayOE witea1000 afareOE agoOE atwendOE awayOE to wend awayOE awendOE gangOE rimeOE flitc1175 to fare forthc1200 depart?c1225 part?c1225 partc1230 to-partc1275 biwitec1300 atwitea1325 withdrawa1325 to draw awayc1330 passc1330 to turn one's (also the) backc1330 lenda1350 begonec1370 remuea1375 voidc1374 removec1380 to long awaya1382 twinc1386 to pass one's wayc1390 trussc1390 waive1390 to pass out ofa1398 avoida1400 to pass awaya1400 to turn awaya1400 slakec1400 wagc1400 returnc1405 to be gonea1425 muck1429 packc1450 recede1450 roomc1450 to show (a person) the feetc1450 to come offc1475 to take one's licence1475 issue1484 devoidc1485 rebatea1500 walka1500 to go adieua1522 pikea1529 to go one's ways1530 retire?1543 avaunt1549 to make out1558 trudge1562 vade?1570 fly1581 leave1593 wag1594 to get off1595 to go off1600 to put off1600 shog1600 troop1600 to forsake patch1602 exit1607 hence1614 to give offa1616 to take off1657 to move off1692 to cut (also slip) the painter1699 sheera1704 to go about one's business1749 mizzle1772 to move out1792 transit1797–1803 stump it1803 to run away1809 quit1811 to clear off1816 to clear out1816 nash1819 fuff1822 to make (take) tracks (for)1824 mosey1829 slope1830 to tail out1830 to walk one's chalks1835 to take away1838 shove1844 trot1847 fade1848 evacuate1849 shag1851 to get up and get1854 to pull out1855 to cut (the) cable(s)1859 to light out1859 to pick up1872 to sling one's Daniel or hook1873 to sling (also take) one's hook1874 smoke1893 screw1896 shoot1897 voetsak1897 to tootle off1902 to ship out1908 to take a (run-out, walk-out, etc.) powder1909 to push off1918 to bugger off1922 biff1923 to fuck off1929 to hit, split or take the breeze1931 to jack off1931 to piss offa1935 to do a mick1937 to take a walk1937 to head off1941 to take a hike1944 moulder1945 to chuff off1947 to get lost1947 to shoot through1947 skidoo1949 to sod off1950 peel1951 bug1952 split1954 poop1961 mugger1962 frig1965 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] > run away or flee fleec825 afleeeOE atrina1000 atfleec1000 to run awayOE to turn to or into flighta1225 to turn the ridgec1225 atrenc1275 atshakec1275 to give backa1300 flemec1300 startc1330 to take (on oneself) the flighta1500 to take the back upon oneselfa1500 fly1523 to take (also betake) (oneself) to one's legs1530 to flee one's way1535 to take to one's heels1548 flought?1567 fuge1573 to turn taila1586 to run off1628 to take flighta1639 refugea1641 to run for it1642 to take leg1740 to give (also take) leg-bail1751 bail1775 sherry1788 to pull foot1792 fugitate1830 to tail off (out)1830 to take to flight1840 to break (strike, etc.) for (the) tall timber1845 guy1879 to give leg (or legs)1883 rabbit1887 to do a guy1889 high-tail1908 to have it on one's toes1958 1830 A. Sedgwick Let. 21 Nov. in J. W. Clark Life A. Sedgwick (1890) I. 366 Many men will tail off, if they have an excuse. 1841 F. E. Paget St. Antholin's vii. 146 Mrs. Spatterdash..tailed off at last to a dissenting chapel. 1868 F. E. Paget Lucretia 102 He ducked his head; made a slouching bow; tailed off to his pigs. 1877 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea (ed. 6) VI. vi. 376 Some..even tailed off. 1885 H. R. Haggard King Solomon's Mines xvi I was tailing out of it as hard as my legs would carry me. 4. transitive. To pass and leave behind (other competitors in a race, etc.). ΚΠ 1852 J. F. Bateman Aquatic Notes 52 They got close to them at Grassy [corner], but were tailed-off in the Long Reach. 1907 Times 6 June 4/3 He was..one of the leaders for half a mile, but afterwards he was tailed off. extracted from tailv.¹ < as lemmas
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