tail

/teɪl/

意味: 尾、しっぽ

例文: Momo chased her own tail.
　　  モモは自分のしっぽを追いかけた。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: tail wag(しっぽを振る), tail light(テールライト), tail end(末端)

定義: 動物の体の後ろにある細長い部分。しっぽ。物の後ろや末端の部分を指すこともあります。

tailは約50,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body
Noun: the time of the last part of something
Noun: any projection that resembles the tail of an animal
Noun: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
Noun: a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements
Noun: (usually plural) the reverse side of a coin that does not bear the representation of a person’s head
Noun: the rear part of an aircraft
Noun: the rear part of a ship
Verb: go after with the intent to catch
Verb: remove or shorten the tail of an animal
Verb: remove the stalk of fruits or berries

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

The cat chased its own tail.(猫は自分の尻尾を追いかけた。)
She wore a dress with a long tail.(彼女は長い裾のドレスを着ていた。)
The dog wagged its tail happily.(犬は嬉しそうに尻尾を振った。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: the fag end of this crisis-ridden century
Noun: the tail of the storm
Noun: he deserves a good kick in the butt
Noun: are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?
Verb: The policeman chased the mugger down the alley
Verb: the dog chased the rabbit

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): after part, arse, ass, backside, behind, bob, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, chase, chase after, derriere, dock, dog, empennage, fag end, fanny, fundament, give chase, go after, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, poop, posterior, prat, quarter, rear, rear end, rump, seat, shadow, shadower, stern, tag, tail, tail assembly, tail end, tooshie, track, trail, tush

Antonyms(反意語): head

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): body part, cut, end, follower, process, projection, pursue, rear, reverse, spy, top

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): abdomen, acromion, acrosome, aculea, adnexa, ala, alveolar arch, alveolar ridge, ambulacrum, ampulla, apophysis, apparatus, appendix, area, arista, back, bevel, bisect, bore, bulge, buttock, buttocks, cannon, caruncle, carve, cease, chase, chatter, chip, chop, circumcise, cirrus, condyle, coronoid process, cradle, crest, crosscut, cube, cut away, death, dilator, discerp, dissect, dock, dorsum, energid, epicondyle, excrescence, external body part, fag end, feature, fell, fetlock, fimbria, flagellum, flank, fornix, furrow, gaskin, groove, hack, hair, haunch, haunt, hindquarters, hip, hob, horn, horseback, incise, indent, jag, joint, julienne, keel, last gasp, lobe, loin, loins, manicure, mastoid, mentum, metaphysis, mortise, mow, nick, nip, odontoid process, olecranon, organ, osteophyte, papilla, pare, partition, period, pink, plane, plant process, process, pseudopod, pterygoid process, pursuer, rebate, rectum, ridge, rip, rudiment, sabre, saddle, salient, saw, scissor, shadow, shank, shear, shin, shoulder, slash, slice, slit, small, snoop, spicule, spine, spur, stalk, stern, stopping point, structure, stump, style, styloid process, system, tail, tap, tentacle, termination, terminus ad quem, thorax, tissue, toe, tomahawk, tongue, torso, transect, transverse process, trench, trisect, trochanter, tuberosity, undercut, underpart, venter, villus, whittle, withers, year-end, zygomatic process

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): bobtail, brush, caudal appendage, flag, fluke, hound, oxtail, quest, rattle, run down, scut, tree, uropygium

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: bob, chase, chaser, dock, posterior, shadow, tag, tail, tailing, track, tracker, tracking, trailing

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: science

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: conversation, descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
transitive verb
countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

高校レベル

英検準2級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Holes

Movies(映画): Finding Nemo, Frozen, The Bad Guys, Zootopia

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

Emotion Categories: