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单词 tailgate
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
tail•gate1 /ˈteɪlˌgeɪt/USA pronunciation   n., v., -gat•ed, -gat•ing, adj. 
n. [countable]
  1. Transporta gate at the back of a wagon, truck, etc., that can be removed or let down for loading or unloading.

v. 
  1. Transportto drive dangerously close to the rear of another vehicle: [no object]Some jerk behind us is tailgating.[+ object]The truck tailgated the little car.
  2. to have a picnic on a tailgate, esp. of a station wagon:[no object]tailgating before the big game.

adj. [before a noun]
  1. set up on a tailgate or near an automobile, as in a parking lot:a tailgate picnic.
tail•gat•er, n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
tail•gate1  (tālgāt′),USA pronunciation n., v., -gat•ed, -gat•ing, adj. 
n. 
  1. Transportthe board or gate at the back of a wagon, truck, station wagon, etc., which can be removed or let down for convenience in loading or unloading.

v.i. 
  1. Transportto follow or drive hazardously close to the rear of another vehicle.

v.t. 
  1. Transportto follow or drive hazardously close to the rear of (another vehicle).

adj. 
  1. pertaining to or set up on a tailgate:a tailgate picnic before the football game.
  • tail1 + gate 1850–55, American.

tail•gate2  (tālgāt′),USA pronunciation n. [Jazz.]
  1. Music and Dancea style of playing the trombone, esp. in Dixieland jazz, distinguished esp. by the use of melodic counterpoint and long glissandi.
  • so called from the usual seat of trombonists in trucks carrying musicians during a parade 1945–50

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
tailgate /ˈteɪlˌɡeɪt/ n
  1. another name for tailboard
  2. a door at the rear of a hatchback vehicle
vb
  1. to drive very close behind (a vehicle)

ˈtailˌgater n
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
tail gate n
  1. a gate that is used to control the flow of water at the lower end of a lock
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