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fishtail

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Motor vehicles
fish·tail /ˈfɪʃteɪl/ verb [intransitive] American English  TTCSLIDEif a vehicle or aircraft fishtails, the back end of it slides from side to side, usually because the tyres are sliding on water or ice 〔车辆〕摆尾行驶;〔飞机〕摆尾飞行
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Examples from the Corpus
fishtailThe jeep left the road and was fishtailing violently through a stretch of gravel as the fire truck thundered by.
fish·tail verbChineseSyllable
or a the vehicle end aircraft Corpus back if fishtails,


fishtail
fishtail /ˈfɪʃteɪl/ verb [intransitive] American English
if a vehicle or aircraft fishtails, the back end of it slides from side to side, usually because the tyres are sliding on water or ice


fish·tailBrE /ˈfɪʃteɪl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈfɪʃteɪl/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they fishtail BrE /ˈfɪʃteɪl/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈfɪʃteɪl/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it fishtails BrE /ˈfɪʃteɪlz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈfɪʃteɪlz/ 🔊past simple fishtailed BrE /ˈfɪʃteɪld/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈfɪʃteɪld/ 🔊past participle fishtailed BrE /ˈfɪʃteɪld/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈfɪʃteɪld/ 🔊 -ing form fishtailing BrE /ˈfɪʃteɪlɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈfɪʃteɪlɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive] if a vehicle fishtails, the back end slides from side to side (车辆)甩尾行驶