| 单词 | fishtail |
| 释义 | fishtail /fish"tayl'/, v.i. 1. to swerve or skid from side to side, as the rear end of a car. 2. to slow an airplane by causing its tail to move rapidly from side to side. n. 3. such a maneuver. 4. a gas burner having two jets crossing each other so as to produce a flame resembling a fish's tail. 5. a device having a long, narrow slot at the top, placed over a gas jet, as of a Bunsen burner, to give a thin, fanlike flame. 6. Jewelry. a setting consisting of four prominent triangular corner prongs to hold the stone. [1400-50; late ME. See FISH, TAIL1] |
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