tailed
tailed — 形容詞
1. used in combination with words like 'long', 'short', or 'bushy' to describe an a
有…尾巴的
用於複合詞，形容有特定類型或外觀尾巴的
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.
一隻長尾的鳥停在我窗外的樹枝上。
compound adjective: long-tailed + bird
The red-tailed hawk is one of the most common birds of prey in North America.
紅尾鷹是北美洲最常見的猛禽之一。
color + -tailed as part of species name
Christopher spotted a bushy-tailed squirrel running across the garden wall.
Christopher 看到一隻尾巴毛茸茸的松鼠跑過花園圍牆。
Short-tailed cats like the Manx are popular pets in many countries.
像曼島貓這類短尾貓在許多國家是很受歡迎的寵物。
The white-tailed deer stood perfectly still among the pine trees.
那隻白尾鹿靜靜地站在松樹林中，一動也不動。
- 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 — 動詞
1. past tense and past participle of the verb 'tail', meaning to secretly follow a
跟蹤
秘密跟隨的過去式及過去分詞
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.
Aarav 發現自己已經被私家偵探跟蹤了兩個星期。
passive perfect: had been tailed by
The officer tailed the suspect from a cafe to an empty warehouse outside town.
那位警員跟蹤嫌犯，從咖啡館一路跟到城外一間空倉庫。
Yasmin was tailed by a grey car from the airport to her hotel.
Yasmin 從機場到飯店的路上，一直被一輛灰色車輛跟蹤。
The police tailed the stolen van for several hours before making the arrest.
警方跟蹤那輛被偷的廂型車好幾個小時，然後才逮捕嫌犯。
Niran tailed the politician for three days but found no evidence of any secret meeting.
Niran 跟蹤那位政治人物三天，但沒有發現任何祕密會面的證據。
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).