单词 | to tail up |
释义 | > as lemmasto tail up to tail up 1. intransitive. Of a whale: to dive sharply so as to show the tail. ΚΠ 1867 W. H. Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. 1911 Chambers's Jrnl. Oct. 646/1 [The whale] appeared two or three times, at a few seconds' interval, then ‘tailed up’. 2. transitive. To form into a tail. ΚΠ 1928 Daily Express 12 June 3/4 Traffic coming across Westminster Bridge and proceeding east is soon tailed up in a long block. < as lemmas |
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