释义 |
hightailhigh‧tail /ˈhaɪteɪl/ verb VERB TABLEhightail |
Present | I, you, we, they | hightail | | he, she, it | hightails | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | hightailed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have hightailed | | he, she, it | has hightailed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had hightailed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will hightail | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have hightailed |
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Present | I | am hightailing | | he, she, it | is hightailing | | you, we, they | are hightailing | Past | I, he, she, it | was hightailing | | you, we, they | were hightailing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been hightailing | | he, she, it | has been hightailing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been hightailing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be hightailing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been hightailing |
- Biologists had predicted the wolves would exit the pens and hightail it for the backcountry.
► hightail it- They ended up hightailing it across the border.
- Biologists had predicted the wolves would exit the pens and hightail it for the backcountry.
hightail it informal to leave a place quickly: kids hightailing it down the street on their bikes |