tailer

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who follows or tails surreptitiously, as an investigator.
    — I had to concentrate on staying out of sight, yet close enough not to be stranded on the wrong side of a stoplight. I was working so hard at it that I didn't notice that the tailer had become the tailee.
  2. A worker on a yacht, responsible for furling and setting the sails.
    — The next step was the invention of the self-tailing device, whereby the need for a tailer, holding the sheet or halyard while another person operated the winch, was eliminated.
  3. A large noose with a long handle intended to secure a fish's tail.
  4. A fish bottom-feeding in shallow water with its tail out of the water.

词形变化

tailers plural

词汇关系

相关词
e-tailer

词源

From tail + -er.
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