tailgate

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++

Related topics: Motor vehicles

tail·gate1 /ˈteɪlɡeɪt/ noun [countable] American English  1. TTCa door at the back of a truck or car that opens out and down 〔汽车后部的〕后背门，尾门2. a tailgate party 车尾大聚餐

Examples from the Corpus

tailgate• But the reed-slayers declared victory Sunday with a tailgate party celebrating the removal of an estimated 165 tons of the plant.• Players sneak bratwurst from fans at tailgate parties.• I stayed after hours doing murals on tailgates.• He crashed into the tailgate just as Mr Linley crashed into the back of the cab.• Tommy shot the bolts on the tailgate and let it drop.• In the front, on another video screen, three well-built specimens cavorted on the tailgate of a pickup truck.• At five o'clock the phone set on the tailgate of the Range Rover trilled.

Related topics: Motor vehicles

tailgate2 verb [intransitive, transitive]  TTCFOLLOWto drive too closely to the vehicle in front of you 紧随〔前车〕行驶，紧跟…行驶→ See Verb table

tail·gate1 nountailgate2 verbChineseSyllable  

a car truck the at of a or back Corpus door

tailgate

I

ˈtailgate ˌparty (also tailgate) noun [countable] American English
a party before an American football game, where people eat and drink near their cars in the car park of the place where the game is played

II

tail‧gate¹ /ˈteɪlɡeɪt/ noun [countable] American English
1. a door at the back of a truck or car that opens out and down
2. a tailgate party

III

tailgate² verb [intransitive and transitive]
to drive too closely to the vehicle in front of you