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单词 tail
释义
tail1 nountail2 verb
tailtail1 /teɪl/ ●●● S2 W3 noun [countable] Entry menu
MENU FOR tailtail1 animal2 aircraft3 shirt4 back part5 tails6 the tail end of something7 be on somebody’s tail8 follow9 turn tail10 with your tail between your legs11 it’s (a case of) the tail wagging the dog12 chase tail
Word Origin
WORD ORIGINtail1
Origin:
Old English tægel
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Taffy always wags her tail when I come home.
  • the tail of a comet
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Andersson tackled the question directly by experimentally altering the tail lengths of the males.
  • Can you think of a sympathetic animal with a hairless tail?
  • It is a conveyance of dreams: chrome, tail fins, pale blue bodywork.
  • Luxurystarved veterans tapped wartime savings to buy record numbers of wraparound windshields and tail fins.
  • Miller noticed that, among the swallows he studied, the longest tails of the males were also the most symmetrical.
  • The crews work their tail off and then only get six hours of rest a day.
  • When I pedal-turned the tail away from the flames, my door flew open.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorto closely follow a person or animal in order to watch them
· He followed her home to find out where she lived.· Did you make sure you weren't followed on the way over here?· She complained to the police officer that she was being followed by two strangers.
informal if someone such as a police officer tails someone, they secretly follow that person to find out where they are going or what they are doing: · That police car has been tailing us for the last 5 miles.· A group of photographers tailed the couple all over London.
to follow close behind someone, especially in order to watch or catch them: · A police car was on their tail within seconds of the alarm going off.· We sat on their tail for about an hour until we lost them in traffic.
to follow someone or something very closely in order to watch all their movements without them realizing that they are being followed: · I want you to shadow him for the next three days and find out who he hangs out with.· Consumed with jealousy, he shadowed her for three days, hoping to catch her with her lover.
to follow a person or animal closely, especially by looking for signs showing that they have gone in a particular direction: · Undercover agents have been tracking him for weeks.· It would be impossible to trail anyone across this type of ground.track/trail somebody to something: · The police trailed the gang to their hideout.· Dogs are used to track the wolves to their lair in the forest.
to keep following someone and asking them questions about their activities, personal problems etc, in a way that is annoying or threatening: · After the court case she was hounded relentlessly by the press.· The couple found themselves hounded by photographers as they left the church.
to follow a person or animal quietly in order to catch, injure, kill them: · Polar bears stalk seals that are resting on the ice.· The killer would stalk his victim, overpower her and then brutally murder her.
a criminal or mentally ill person who continuously follows and watches someone in a threatening way, especially someone famous or someone they are attracted to: · Women's groups are demanding that Congress toughen the law against stalkers.· The stalker's reappearance has led to increased security around the actress.
to not understand
· They didn't understand a single word she said.· Tell me if you don't understand.· She thought about getting a divorce, but she knew her children would never understand.· He made a few references to the CIA and national security, which Wilson did not understand.not understand why/how/what/where · I really can't understand why so many people like her music.
also can't makes heads or tails (out) of American informal to be unable to understand something at all because it is very complicated or confusing: · I just can't make head or tail of this train timetable.· I couldn't make head or tail of this book, and had real trouble finishing it.· Consumers can't always make heads or tails out of the way nutrition is labeled on a food package.
to be much too complicated or technical for someone to understand: · It was obvious from her expression that what I was saying was over her head.be way/completely over somebody's head: · I went to the lecture, but it was way over my head.
to be involved in a situation or activity which is too difficult for you to understand: · She was out of her depth in the advanced class, so they moved her to the intermediate class.be way/completely out of your depth: · I tried to read the report, but I was way out of my depth.
to still not understand something after someone has tried to explain it to you: · I've read the manual but I'm still none the wiser.leave somebody none the wiser: · His explanations of how it worked left me none the wiser.
spoken to not understand the reason for something: don't/can't see why/how/what/where: · I didn't see how they could sell it so cheaply.· I can't see why you think it's any of your business.
spoken say this when you cannot understand why something happens or how someone does something, and you find it very surprising: be a mystery to me/be beyond me/beats me how/what/why etc: · It's a mystery to me how he can get so much work done in such a short time.· Why anyone would willingly do that job is beyond me.it beats me/it's beyond me etc.: · "Why does she stay with her husband then?" "It beats me."
you say I can't think or I can't imagine how or why someone does something when you cannot think of any reasonable explanation why someone should do it, and are very surprised that they do: I can't think/can't imagine why/how etc: · He wants to join the army -- I can't think why.· How such a stupid man ever got to be a politician, I just can't imagine.
WORD SETS
aerial, adjectiveaero-, prefixaerobatics, nounaerodrome, nounaeronautics, nounairborne, adjectiveaircraft, nounaircrew, nounairfare, nounairfield, nounairline, nounairliner, nounair pocket, nounairport, nounairship, nounairsick, adjectiveairspace, nounairspeed, nounairstrip, nounair terminal, nounair traffic controller, nounairway, nounairworthy, adjectivealtimeter, nounapron, nounautomatic pilot, nounautopilot, nounaviation, nounaviator, nounballast, nounballoon, nounballooning, nounbank, verbbarrage balloon, nounbiplane, nounblack box, nounblimp, nounboarding card, nounboarding pass, nounbulkhead, nounbusiness class, nounbuzz, verbcabin, nouncaptain, nouncarousel, nounceiling, nouncharter flight, nouncheck-in, nounchock, nounchopper, nounchute, nounclub class, nouncontrail, nouncontrol tower, nounco-pilot, nouncowling, nouncraft, nouncrash landing, noundeparture lounge, noundepartures board, noundirigible, noundisembark, verbdive, verbeconomy class, nouneject, verbejector seat, nounfin, nounflap, nounflier, nounflight, nounflight attendant, nounflight deck, nounflight path, nounflight recorder, nounflight simulator, nounfly, verbflyby, nounflyer, nounflying, nounflypast, nounfree fall, nounfuselage, noungate, nounglider, noungliding, noungondola, nounground, verbground control, nounground crew, nounground staff, nounhangar, nounhang-glider, nounhang-gliding, nounhelicopter, nounhelicopter pad, nounheliport, nounhijacking, nounholding pattern, nounhot-air balloon, nounhydroplane, nouninbound, adjectivein-flight, adjectiveinstrument panel, nounjet, nounjet engine, nounjet-propelled, adjectivejet propulsion, nounjoystick, nounjumbo jet, nounjump jet, nounland, verblanding gear, nounlanding strip, nounlayover, nounlift, nounlight aircraft, nounlounge, nounlow-flying, adjectivemicrolight, nounmonoplane, nounnavigation, nounno-fly zone, nounnose, nounnosedive, nounnosedive, verboverfly, verbparachute, nounparachute, verbparachutist, nounpilot, nounpilot, verbpitch, nounpitch, verbplane, nounplot, verbpod, nounpressurized, adjectiveprop, nounpropeller, nounradio beacon, nounrefuel, verbripcord, nounroll, verbroll, nounrotor, nounrudder, nounrunway, nounseaplane, nounseat belt, nounshort-haul, adjectiveski plane, nounskycap, nounsonic boom, nounspoiler, nounsteward, nounstewardess, nounstrut, nounswept-back, adjectiveswoop, verbtail, nountailspin, nountake-off, nountaxi, verbterminal, nountest pilot, nounthrust, nountouchdown, nountransit lounge, nountransport plane, nounturbojet, nounturboprop, nountwin-engined, adjectiveundercarriage, nounupgrade, verbvapour trail, nounwheel, verbwindsock, nounwind tunnel, nounwing, nounwingspan, nounwingtip, nounzeppelin, noun
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYadjectives
· Some dinosaurs had long necks and equally long tails.
· Its tail is short and pointed.
(=with long thick fur)· My cat has a soft bushy tail.
technical (=able to hold things)· Many monkeys have prehensile tails.
verbs
· Domino rushed to meet her, tail wagging with excitement.
(=quickly moves it from side to side)· The cow wandered off, swishing her tail.
tail + NOUN
· The bird’s wings and tail feathers were a beautiful purple color.
COMMON ERRORS ► Don’t say ‘wave its tail’ or ‘shake its tail’. Say wag its tail.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(=moves its tail from side to side to show pleasure)· The dog stood up and wagged his tail.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· No sign of squirrels at ground level, not a print, not a glimpse of a bushy tail.· It had a bushy red tail, which, oddly, Felicia had seen the night before.· All of them give you fair warning of their character by deliberately making themselves conspicuous and waving their bushy tails.· They're rodents - like rats, only with bushy tails.
· Larger and rather more uniformly dark than Little Swift, and with a markedly narrower white rump and distinctly forked tail.· Beside him stood a devil in red tights with horns and a forked tail.· Complete white collar, paler rump and less forked tail are best distinctions from winter Whiskered Tern.· In these superb light conditions its deeply forked tail glowed a rich chestnut.· The only large predator of the region with a deeply forked tail, except for the Black Kite.· He is growing horns and a forked tail here!· Narrow, scythe-like wings, short usually forked tail adapted to very fast flight.· Males are slimmer than females, with a more deeply forked tail fin.
· Heavy head, long tail, rectangular wings.· They grow long tails as material streams away from their rocky cores driven by solar radiation.· It looks like a slightly small-sized cross between a bee and a wasp, but with a longer drooping tail.· A magpie overhead, its long tail black and belly white.· It was a female, explained Bryan, and only the male proudly carries the two extra long black tail feathers.· Males evolved long tails to charm females.· Experiments have shown that female long-tailed widow birds prefer males with the longest tails.· Does it have a long tail?
· Smaller and less variable than Desert Lark, from which readily distinguished by dark bar at tip of shorter tail.· All had their manes shorn short but their tails were long, though well groomed.· In fact no other sandgrouse with any black on belly at all has a short tail.· The front wings were less exaggerated, the rear overhang shorter and the tail a little taller.· Juvenile has no crest and shorter tail.· More often seen perched or flying low than soaring, when wings are held slightly crooked and rather short tail is noticeable.
NOUN
· I tie my next colour on to the tail end of the first yarn and pull it straight through.· But this is the tail end of a really big set of stories about royal marriages.· It was the tail end of the season and there was no time for a full-scale tour.· To get him to face forward, I turned him by pushing at his tail end.· Chapter 5 Saturday morning dawned late for me, and I just caught the tail end of Sport on Four.· I did catch the tail end of them in my youth.· It had been a bumpy ride, through the tail end of a thunderstorm.· At the tail end of the nineteenth century, the Viennese politician Karl Lueger founded his power base on an anti-semitic platform.
· From a dry stone wall inland, redstarts darted, like orange flames, tail feathers fanned and quivering.· They also made fans of the tail feathers of the scissor-tail flycatcher, which they wore at the shoulder like epaulets.· A barn owl's body feathers are mostly for warmth, while the wing and tail feathers are used for flight.· Then you start fanning your tail feathers and puffing your neck in and out.· Male has white tips to outer tail feathers and three white spots on outer wing quills.· Emperor penguin chicks have a grayish down coat with dark wing and tail feathers, but this odd bird is all white.· The rest of the tail feathers are more manoeuvrable.
· He uses his enlarged tail fin to regularly splash them with water, until they hatch about two days later.· Luxurystarved veterans tapped wartime savings to buy record numbers of wraparound windshields and tail fins.· It has no tail fin like those of other fish, merely a fleshy stump.· Picture a shallow pool with a glassy surface, and in the pool picture minnows fluttering their tail fins but otherwise stationary.· Males are slimmer than females, with a more deeply forked tail fin.· It is a conveyance of dreams: chrome, tail fins, pale blue bodywork.
· A small beard grew around the mouth and a pony tail weaved down his back.· An older man is walking a girl with a pony tail through a pattern that forms a large triangle.· On others in close-up, her long pony tail swinging, laughing and shouting, eyes dark and glittering.· Butler & Wilson earrings, £42 Right: Pull hair into a loose pony tail and secure with a covered elastic band.· Twist pony tail round and make a gap in the middle of the hair above band.· This younger woman was very attractive with a dark complexion and thick black hair tied in a pony tail.· Her shiny, dark hair was done up in a pony tail with a big red bow.· Her hair was scraped back in a pony tail, her face was smeared with mud.
· We have already seen that the weathercock effect due to forward flight makes the tail rotor too effective.· He had Reacher and the gunner lean out to watch the very delicate tail rotor.· This is inserted between the receiver and the tail rotor servo.· Hovering at the front of the clearing, the tail rotor was only a few feet from the rear.· Fig. 5.10 Lateral trim offset due to tail rotor.· My tail rotor spun just a few feet from the ground.· You should see the tail rotor slow right down or even stop.· I was nervous about hitting the tail rotor on the rough ground.
· The tail section housed emergency rations and first aid kit.· Above: Tim Benson's Swallow Tail has extra leading edges for the tail section.· The bridge is a simple, chromed, face-mounted affair, with the strings located through the turned-up tail section.
· His shirt tails would come askew, his sleeves ride up.· I stuffed my shirt tail back into my trousers and tried to straighten my tie.· But a long shirt tail flopped down around his thighs.
VERB
· She wanted to turn tail and run, but she couldn't have stood herself if she appeared such a coward.· He caught sight of a few others, but they turned tail and vanished when they saw him through the mist.· If one animal suddenly turns tail, it is liable to be attacked and might get injured.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► be on somebody’s tail
  • He caught sight of a few others, but they turned tail and vanished when they saw him through the mist.
  • If one animal suddenly turns tail, it is liable to be attacked and might get injured.
  • She wanted to turn tail and run, but she couldn't have stood herself if she appeared such a coward.
  • And that is when the toughest Bruin team in years sent the Huskies home with their tails between their legs.
  • He knows he can not come back with his tail between his legs.
  • I would go out of the Chamber with my tail between my legs.
  • Pottz wiped out three waves in a row and crept back in with his tail between his legs.
  • They got scared and ran away with their tail between their legs.
► it’s (a case of) the tail wagging the dog► chase tail
  • Which do you want, heads or tails?
  • At the tail end of the nineteenth century, the Viennese politician Karl Lueger founded his power base on an anti-semitic platform.
  • But this is the tail end of a really big set of stories about royal marriages.
  • Chapter 5 Saturday morning dawned late for me, and I just caught the tail end of Sport on Four.
  • I did catch the tail end of them in my youth.
  • I tie my next colour on to the tail end of the first yarn and pull it straight through.
  • It had been a bumpy ride, through the tail end of a thunderstorm.
  • It was the tail end of the season and there was no time for a full-scale tour.
  • They burst out into the tail end of the night.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
  • Christie was there, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, at 6:30 a.m.
► like a dog with two tails► can’t make head or/nor tail of something
  • But they were hot on the trail of a loathsome whine as the party in another mess pined for better days.
  • Lieutenant Ward Bond was at the wheel of the police convertible hot on his tail.
  • Once again Biddy / Beth flees, but both the Toddler and McGarr are hot on her trail.
  • A golden yellow line replaces that of the Redline Rasbora, and follows an almost identical path from nose to tail.
  • He led his female into a cave where they spawned nose to tail in typical mouthbrooder fashion.
  • However, when they move around they can form a procession, following each other nose to tail like a miniature train.
  • She says it's less noise, and traffic which used to be nose to tail now flows freely.
  • The basic leopard is spotted almost from nose to tail.
► in rats’ tails
  • An omelette of rumour, speculation and downright lies, with many a sting in the tail.
  • And there was a sting in the tail, he warned finally.
  • But there's a sting in the tail.
  • My stories from Lesbos seemed to carry a sting in the tail for both cultures.
  • Lengthier ones such as those in support of specific discovery are not suited and the standard part becomes little more than the top and tail.
  • Peel off the tough outer skin of the silk squash, or top and tail the courgettes.
  • There is no need to top and tail them.
  • There will be four engines in operation with two trains to push, pull, top and tail, and double-head.
1tailanimal the part that sticks out at the back of an animal’s body, and that it can move:  The dog wagged its tail.white-tailed/long-tailed etc a white-tailed eagle2aircraft the back part of an aircraft3shirt the bottom part of your shirt at the back, that you put inside your trousers4back part [usually singular] the back or last part of something, especially something that is moving away from you:  We saw the tail of the procession disappearing round the corner.5tails a)[plural] a man’s jacket which is short at the front and divides into two long pieces at the back, worn to very formal events SYN  tailcoat b)[uncountable] spoken said when you are tossing a coin (=throwing it up in the air to decide which of two things you will do or choose) OPP  heads6the tail end of something the last part of an event, situation, or period of time7be on somebody’s tail informal to be following someone closely8follow informal someone who is employed to watch and follow someone, especially a criminalput a tail on somebody (=order someone to follow another person)9turn tail informal to run away because you are too frightened to fight or attack10with your tail between your legs embarrassed or unhappy because you have failed or been defeated11it’s (a case of) the tail wagging the dog informal used to say that an unimportant thing is wrongly controlling a situation12chase tail American English informal to try to get a woman to have sex with youCOLLOCATIONSadjectiveslong· Some dinosaurs had long necks and equally long tails.short· Its tail is short and pointed.bushy (=with long thick fur)· My cat has a soft bushy tail.a prehensile tail technical (=able to hold things)· Many monkeys have prehensile tails.verbsa dog wags its tail/its tail wags· Domino rushed to meet her, tail wagging with excitement.a cow/cat etc swishes its tail (=quickly moves it from side to side)· The cow wandered off, swishing her tail.tail + NOUNtail feathers· The bird’s wings and tail feathers were a beautiful purple color.COMMON ERRORS ► Don’t say ‘wave its tail’ or ‘shake its tail’. Say wag its tail.
tail1 nountail2 verb
tailtail2 verb [transitive] Verb Table
VERB TABLE
tail
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theytail
he, she, ittails
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theytailed
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave tailed
he, she, ithas tailed
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad tailed
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill tail
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have tailed
Continuous Form
PresentIam tailing
he, she, itis tailing
you, we, theyare tailing
PastI, he, she, itwas tailing
you, we, theywere tailing
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been tailing
he, she, ithas been tailing
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been tailing
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be tailing
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been tailing
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • A group of photographers tailed the couple all over London.
  • He claims police have been tailing him for several months.
  • That police car has been tailing us for the last 5 miles.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Cars and small vans, with only disrepair in common, were head to tail, headlights burning, a few yards away.
  • During the low-water flows, trout fishing was exceptional and has been since, although it has tailed off somewhat.
  • He said it would also be operated with shorter trains, reflecting a tailing off in the capital's explosive population growth.
  • Over the last week, Hasbro shares ran up as high as 46 3 / 4 before tailing off.
  • The emissary of the Barbeques had tailed Mitchell as far as the top of the beach and hesitated to come closer.
  • When I tailed off he sat nodding, like a doctor considering a diagnosis.
Thesaurus
THESAURUS
to walk, drive etc behind or after someone, for example in order to see where they are going: · The man had followed her home to find out where she lived.· Follow that car!· He hired a detective to follow her.
to quickly run or drive after someone or something in order to catch them when they are trying to escape: · Police chased the car along the motorway at speeds of up to 90 mph.
to quickly follow someone or something in order to stop them or talk to them: · I ran after him to say sorry, but he’d already got on the bus.
to secretly follow an animal in order to kill it, or to secretly follow a person in order to attack them: · a tiger stalking its prey· He had a long history of stalking women in his neighbourhood.
written to chase someone in a very determined way: · The ship was being pursued by enemy submarines.
written to chase someone or something who is trying to escape from you: · One of the officers gave chase and arrested the man.· The calf ran away and the lion gave chase.
to secretly follow someone in order to watch what they do and where they go: · Apparently, the police had been tailing the terrorists for months.
to follow and find a person or animal by looking at the marks they leave on the ground: · The bushmen were tracking antelope in the Kalahari desert.
Longman Language Activatorto closely follow a person or animal in order to watch them
· He followed her home to find out where she lived.· Did you make sure you weren't followed on the way over here?· She complained to the police officer that she was being followed by two strangers.
informal if someone such as a police officer tails someone, they secretly follow that person to find out where they are going or what they are doing: · That police car has been tailing us for the last 5 miles.· A group of photographers tailed the couple all over London.
to follow close behind someone, especially in order to watch or catch them: · A police car was on their tail within seconds of the alarm going off.· We sat on their tail for about an hour until we lost them in traffic.
to follow someone or something very closely in order to watch all their movements without them realizing that they are being followed: · I want you to shadow him for the next three days and find out who he hangs out with.· Consumed with jealousy, he shadowed her for three days, hoping to catch her with her lover.
to follow a person or animal closely, especially by looking for signs showing that they have gone in a particular direction: · Undercover agents have been tracking him for weeks.· It would be impossible to trail anyone across this type of ground.track/trail somebody to something: · The police trailed the gang to their hideout.· Dogs are used to track the wolves to their lair in the forest.
to keep following someone and asking them questions about their activities, personal problems etc, in a way that is annoying or threatening: · After the court case she was hounded relentlessly by the press.· The couple found themselves hounded by photographers as they left the church.
to follow a person or animal quietly in order to catch, injure, kill them: · Polar bears stalk seals that are resting on the ice.· The killer would stalk his victim, overpower her and then brutally murder her.
a criminal or mentally ill person who continuously follows and watches someone in a threatening way, especially someone famous or someone they are attracted to: · Women's groups are demanding that Congress toughen the law against stalkers.· The stalker's reappearance has led to increased security around the actress.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(=moves its tail from side to side to show pleasure)· The dog stood up and wagged his tail.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
· Since then it's tailed away.
· Use of mundic tailed off in the Fifties.· When I tailed off he sat nodding, like a doctor considering a diagnosis.· He said it would also be operated with shorter trains, reflecting a tailing off in the capital's explosive population growth.· During the low-water flows, trout fishing was exceptional and has been since, although it has tailed off somewhat.· For example writers usually form the beginnings of words reasonably well, but often this tails off towards the ends of words.· Over the last week, Hasbro shares ran up as high as 46 3 / 4 before tailing off.· Beyond a certain point however, the amount of improvement tailed off with increase in context.· Eventually, our contact tailed off, and I thought no more about her until her name recently surfaced on front pages.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
  • Christie was there, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, at 6:30 a.m.
► like a dog with two tails► can’t make head or/nor tail of something
  • But they were hot on the trail of a loathsome whine as the party in another mess pined for better days.
  • Lieutenant Ward Bond was at the wheel of the police convertible hot on his tail.
  • Once again Biddy / Beth flees, but both the Toddler and McGarr are hot on her trail.
  • A golden yellow line replaces that of the Redline Rasbora, and follows an almost identical path from nose to tail.
  • He led his female into a cave where they spawned nose to tail in typical mouthbrooder fashion.
  • However, when they move around they can form a procession, following each other nose to tail like a miniature train.
  • She says it's less noise, and traffic which used to be nose to tail now flows freely.
  • The basic leopard is spotted almost from nose to tail.
► in rats’ tails
  • An omelette of rumour, speculation and downright lies, with many a sting in the tail.
  • And there was a sting in the tail, he warned finally.
  • But there's a sting in the tail.
  • My stories from Lesbos seemed to carry a sting in the tail for both cultures.
  • Lengthier ones such as those in support of specific discovery are not suited and the standard part becomes little more than the top and tail.
  • Peel off the tough outer skin of the silk squash, or top and tail the courgettes.
  • There is no need to top and tail them.
  • There will be four engines in operation with two trains to push, pull, top and tail, and double-head.
 informal to follow someone and watch what they do, where they go etc:  The police have been tailing him for several months.► see thesaurus at followtail away phrasal verb British English to tail offtail back phrasal verb British English if traffic tails back, a long line of cars forms, for example because the road is blockedtail off (also tail away British English) phrasal verb1to become gradually less, smaller etc, and often stop or disappear completely:  Profits tailed off towards the end of the year.2written if someone’s voice tails off, it becomes quieter and then stops:  ‘I didn’t mean ...’ Her voice tailed off in embarrassment.
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