释义 |
rat-tail /ˈratteɪl /noun1 (also rat's tail) A narrow hairless tail like that of a rat, or something that resembles one: [as modifier]: he’s growing it longer, with a thin rat-tail braid at the back...- One of Wezza's mates was hanging around outside the front of his unit, sporting a rat's tail that went halfway down his back.
- Many years ago I tested a 45 pistol where that area of the barrel looked as if it had been cut with a rat-tail file.
- It was pulled back into a short rat-tail, braded and tied with a blue band, the rest was short, an almost shaved look on the sides.
1.1 (rat's tails) British informal Hair hanging in lank, damp or greasy strands.Her hair was long, blonde and dirty, hanging in rat's tails....- Her hair hung in rat-tails, the gauzy dress was one big wrinkle, and her cheek had acquired an ugly purple bruise, compliments of the gorilla who almost drowned her.
- Flowing down across his face, down through his flattened and matted hair, pulling them into stringy rat-tails, they soaked him.
2A fish with a long, thin tail, in particular: 2.1 another term for grenadier (sense 2). 2.2 another term for rabbitfish (sense 1). |