tailed
tailed — adjective
1. used in combination with words like 'long', 'short', or 'bushy' to describe an a
used in combination with words like 'long', 'short', or 'bushy' to describe an animal or object that has a tail of that type or appearance
A long-tailed bird sat on the branch outside my window.
compound adjective: long-tailed + bird
The red-tailed hawk is one of the most common birds of prey in North America.
color + -tailed as part of species name
Christopher spotted a bushy-tailed squirrel running across the garden wall.
Short-tailed cats like the Manx are popular pets in many countries.
The white-tailed deer stood perfectly still among the pine trees.
- tailless
describes an animal that naturally has no tail, such as the Manx cat or certain frog species
文法句型
[adj]-tailed + noun
用法筆記
This sense almost always appears in compound adjectives formed with a preceding descriptor (color, length, shape). The compound is typically hyphenated when it appears before a noun.
常見錯誤
tailed — verb
1. past tense and past participle of the verb 'tail', meaning to secretly follow a
past tense and past participle of the verb 'tail', meaning to secretly follow a person or vehicle to observe where they go, especially as a detective or police officer
Aarav realized he had been tailed by a private investigator for two weeks.
passive perfect: had been tailed by
The officer tailed the suspect from a cafe to an empty warehouse outside town.
Yasmin was tailed by a grey car from the airport to her hotel.
The police tailed the stolen van for several hours before making the arrest.
Niran tailed the politician for three days but found no evidence of any secret meeting.
文法句型
be tailed by [someone]
have tailed [someone]
[someone] was tailed
用法筆記
Common in police and spy contexts. This is the most frequent use of 'tailed' as a verb form — far more common than other senses of the verb 'tail' (such as removing an animal's tail).