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单词 to tail on
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to tail on
to tail on
1. transitive. To add on as an appendage.
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1825 B. Hall 3 Jan. in Lockhart Scott Anxious to tail on a branch from Melrose to meet the [projected railway from Berwick to Kelso].
2. intransitive. To join on in the rear.
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1862 H. Mayhew Boyhood Luther (1863) i. 11 As the long train swept by, the peasants and villagers tailed on to the rest.
1874 Burnie Mem. Thomas 451 A superb passenger car which tails on to the trucks.
1880 W. C. Russell Sailor's Sweetheart xiv All hands tailing on, we ran it [sc. a boom] through the bowsprit cap.
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