fishtail

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The tail of a fish, or an object resembling this.
  2. The skidding of the back of a vehicle from side to side.
  3. A kind of chisel with a flared blade.
  4. Ellipsis of fishtail palm. abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis
动词 v.
  1. To swing the back of a vehicle (originally an aircraft) from side to side. intransitive
    — As we approached the runway, the pilot fishtailed slightly to reduce landing speed.
  2. To cause the back of (a vehicle) to swing from side to side. transitive
    — But Bruce wasn't done baiting the jocks. He fishtailed the car; it swerved and reversed direction, heading straight for the three jocks who were chasing them on foot. It looked like he was going to run the car over the three men.
  3. To move with the tail swinging from side to side in this way. intransitive
    — A large black and gold butterfly fish-tailed in and landed on a hydrangea bush almost at my elbow, moved its wings slowly up and down a few times, then took off heavily […]

词形变化

fishtails plural fishtails present,singular,third-person fishtailing participle,present fishtailed participle,past fishtailed past

词汇关系

衍生词
fishtail burner fishtail palm fishtail propeller fishtail skirt

词源

词源 1
From Middle English fisch tayle, equivalent to fish + tail.
词源 2
From Middle English fisch tayle, equivalent to fish + tail.
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