tailgate

FREQ #35950

n. 后挡板

发音

UK /ˈteɪlˌɡeɪt/
其它
US /ˈteɪlˌɡeɪt/

词形变化

tailgates 复数 tailgates tailgated tailgates 三单 tailgating tailgating 现在分词 tailgated 过去式 tailgated 过去分词

别名

tail gate tail-gate

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle that can be lowered for loading and unloading.

    后挡板

    汽车 交通

    Drop the tailgate, please, and I'll load these pallets.

  2. 2.

    The hinged rear door of a hatchback.

    Open up the tailgate, please, and retrieve her suitcases.

  3. 3.

    The downstream gate in the lock on a canal or river, or in an irrigation system.

    The locktender closed the tailgate and the chamber started to fill.

  4. 4.

    Ellipsis of tailgate party.

    美国

    Are you coming to the tailgate? We'll be grilling brisket.

  5. 5.

    A tunnel for drawing spent air away from the working face of a mine.

    商务 采矿
v.
  1. 1.

    To drive dangerously close behind another vehicle.

    不及物 及物 汽车 交通

    That idiot has been tailgating me for the last five minutes.

  2. 2.

    To follow another person through access control on their access, rather than on one’s own credentials, especially when entering a door controlled by a card reader.

  3. 3.

    To privately purchase or sell a security immediately after trading in the same security for a client.

    商务 金融
  4. 4.

    To have a tailgate party.

    美国 不及物

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词源

From tail + gate. Compare liftgate.

来源:wiktionary