coattail

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The flap at the back of a coat that hangs down, sometimes below the waist.
    — At twilight in the summer[…]the mice come out. They[…]eat the luncheon crumbs. Mr. Checkly, for instance, always brought his dinner in a paper parcel in his coat-tail pocket, and ate it when so disposed, sprinkling crumbs lavishly[…]on the floor.
  2. Success of a figure, organization or movement that transfers to those who associate with it. figuratively,plural-normally
    — to ride the coattails
动词 v.
  1. To ride the coattails of. ambitransitive
    — It wasn't like I just coattailed the auditor's work. Based on the names on the time cards, I was able to conduct interviews with the employees whose labor was mischarged, and they told me which contracts they had actually worked on.

词形变化

coattails plural coat-tail alternative coattails present,singular,third-person coattailing participle,present coattailed participle,past coattailed past coat-tail alternative

词汇关系

上位词
tail
相关词
coattail effect on the coattails of ride the coattails

词源

词源 1
From coat + tail.
词源 2
From coat + tail.
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