coattail
/koht-teyl/US // ˈkoʊtˌteɪl //
尾巴,尾随,尾部,尾随者
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n.名词 noun
- 1
- : the back of the skirt on a man's coat or jacket.
- : one of the two back parts of the skirt of a coat, especially one of the tails on a tail coat.
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : gained by association with another, especially with a successful or celebrated person: coattail benefits.
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Examples
He moved off, his coattail bobbing oddly about his hips and his back bowed.
Only the weight of the lumps of metal dangling in his coattail pocket kept him from collapsing.
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