| 例句 |
turned tailphrasepast tense of turn tail to hasten away from something dangerous or frighteningYou can't go around starting fights and then turning tail when they don't go your way. bolted, broke, bugged out, fled, flew, hightailed (it), ran(also chiefly dialectical run), ran away, ran off, retreated, skedaddled absconded, cleared out, decamped, eloped, escaped, got (away), got out, lammed, lit(or lighted out), made off, mizzled(chiefly British), scarpered(British), scatted, scrammed, skipped (out), skirred beat a retreat, beat it, made tracks bearded, braved, confronted, dared, defied, facedabided(also abode), dwelled(or dwelt), hung around, lingered, remained, stayed, stuck around, tarried |