tail

尾、しっぽ

動物の体の後ろから伸びている部分。

やさしい英語で： The part that sticks out from the back of an animal's body.

• The dog has a short tail.
• Our cat lifted her tail.
• Some lizards can grow new tails.

よく使う表現： wag its tail, a long tail, cat's tail

尾部

飛行機の後ろの部分。方向の調整や姿勢の安定に役立つ。

やさしい英語で： The back part of an aircraft, which helps control its direction and keep it steady.

• The plane's tail is blue.
• Engineers checked the damaged tail.
• Ice had formed on the aircraft's tail.

類義語： empennage

よく使う表現： aircraft tail, tail fin, plane's tail

裏

人物の頭が描かれた面の反対側。通常は「tails」という。

やさしい英語で： The side of a coin opposite the side with a person's head, usually called tails.

• The coin's tail shows a bird.
• Heads or tails: which do you choose?
• The coin landed tails up.

類義語： reverse

反対語： head

よく使う表現： tail side, coin's tail

尾行する

行き先や行動を調べるため、相手に気づかれずについていく。

やさしい英語で： To follow someone secretly to find out where they go or what they do.

• The detective tailed the suspect.
• Someone has been tailing our car.
• Can you tail him without being seen?

類義語： follow, shadow

よく使う表現： tail someone, tail a car, tail the suspect

船尾を向ける

いかりで留めた船が回り、船尾を特定の方向に向ける。

やさしい英語で： To turn a boat’s back end in a particular direction while the boat is held by an anchor.

• The anchored boat began to tail downstream.
• Both vessels tailed upstream as the tide changed.
• The yacht tails into the wind at anchor.

類義語： swing

よく使う表現： tail downstream, tail upstream, tail into wind

限定された、制限された

制限された。特に財産を相続できる家族が限定されていること。

やさしい英語で： Limited or reduced, especially when property can pass only to certain members of a family.

• He inherited an estate tail.
• The land was held in fee tail.
• A grant in tail male excluded daughters from inheriting.

類義語： limited, restricted

反対語： unrestricted

よく使う表現： estate tail, fee tail, tail male