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单词 coattail
释义 coattail
 /koht"tayl'/,  n.  
  1. the back of the skirt on a man's coat or jacket.
  2. one of the two back parts of the skirt of a coat, esp. one of the tails on a tail coat.
  3. on someone's coattails, aided by association with another person: The senator rode into office on the President's coattails.
  4. on the coattails of, immediately after or as a result of: His decline in popularity followed on the coattails of the scandal.
  adj.  
  5. gained by association with another, esp. with a successful or celebrated person: coattail benefits.^n.
 [1590-1600; COAT + TAIL1]
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