Tail-gate
尾门；下闸门；后段船闸闸门；（卡车等的）后挡板
📖 牛津释义
tail-gate
n door or flap at the back of a motor vehicle, used for loading or unloading （机动车的）尾门, 後拦板. v [I, Tn]
(US) drive too closely behind (another vehicle) 紧随（另一车辆）行驶; 尾随.
🧩 词语组成解析
tail
[teil]
n. 尾;尾部;燕尾服;尾随者;
vt. 跟踪;装上尾巴;
vi. 队伍单行行进时拉长或产生间隔;侦察队两两散开;[建筑学] 嵌上，搭上;
gate
[ɡet]
n. 门;闸门;登机门;入场费;
vt. 给…装大门;[电子学] 电波传送;
🗣️ 情景例句
There's nothing else in the appointment book.
在工作日， 没有别的事了。
You have to be operated on.
你得做手术。
In England they call this line a queue. You must always wait in a queue.
在英国人们把这样的行列叫队。等车时你总得排队。