bobtail

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
美 /ˈbɑbteɪl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A short, or deliberately shortened tail.
  2. An animal that has a bobtail, such as certain canines or nags.
  3. A tractor which performs without its trailer.
  4. A tractor-trailer that is relatively short in length.
  5. A tractor-trailer that is relatively short in length.; The tractor unit of a semi-truck without a trailer.
  6. An open-ended straight or four flush. attributive,often
    — a bobtail flush
  7. A bobtail squid.
  8. A bobtail skink.
动词 v.
  1. To drive a tractor without its trailer.
    — 2002. David Diamond. The Trucker & The Professor, Wired (magazine), Issue 9.12http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.12/sheffi.html?pg=2&topic=&topic_set= He deposits his trailer at a Marten facility in nearby Stockton, and then drives without the trailer - that's called "bobtailing".
  2. To drive a truck or other vehicle without its trailer.
    — 2003. Bergmann Co. Bergmann's Cleaning History:https://web.archive.org/web/20071012131035/http://bergmanns.com/company_history.asp W.C. Bergmann was supplementing his meager lamplighter's income by "bobtailing"… picking up laundry and cleaning in his horse drawn truck...

词形变化

bobtails plural bobtails present,singular,third-person bobtailing participle,present bobtailed participle,past bobtailed past

词汇关系

衍生词
bobtail flush bobtail lizard bobtail squid bobtail trophon Kurilian Bobtail ragtag and bobtail rag, tag and bobtail ragtail and bobtail tag-rag and bobtail

词源

词源 1
From bob + tail.
词源 2
From bob + tail.
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