roostertail

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A violent fountain or spray, especially one caused by a moving vehicle or boat.
    — A roostertail of snow kicked up behind me.
动词 v.
  1. To pour like a fountain; to spurt violently.
    — The red dust of Tanguieta rolling and roostertailing behind us.
  2. To move rapidly through water, leaving a roostertail wake.
    — The shiny new aluminum tribal Jet-Boat roostertailed up the river, straight for us, kicking up a wake that rocked our boat hard enough to knock the cards off the cooler.

词形变化

roostertails plural rooster-tail alternative roostertails present,singular,third-person roostertailing participle,present roostertailed participle,past roostertailed past rooster-tail alternative

词源

词源 1
From rooster + tail, from analogy with the shape of a rooster's feathered tail.
词源 2
From rooster + tail, from analogy with the shape of a rooster's feathered tail.
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