tail off

英 [teɪl ɒf]

美 [teɪl ɔːf]

（声音）逐渐变弱; 逐渐减少; 越来越不重要; 逐渐消失

柯林斯词典

• See also:Last year, economic growth tailed off to below four percent...The drug's effect does not tail off after it has been used repeatedly.tail away

双语例句

• He ragged edges has sheared away. I cut the tail off before I cook the fish.
  切掉了参差不齐的边。我在煮之前先切掉鱼尾。
• Then the Fox will leap at the Boar and tear off its right ear and its tail and slink off to hide in the mountain caves.
  然后狐狸会越过野猪，把它的右耳和尾巴抓破，潜逃，隐藏在山洞。
• The tail came slap off.
  尾巴忽然掉了下来。
• Last year, economic growth tailed off to below four percent
  去年，经济增长率下降到4%以下。
• Iron ore is heavily linked to Chinese infrastructure construction that is expected eventually to tail off, and coal could be threatened by changing environmental rules.
  铁矿石与中国基础设施建设密切相关，而中国的基建预计终会逐渐冷却；环保规则的改变则可能会对煤炭构成威胁。
• Tests revealed that the ability to recall the right word tended to tail off as the day ended.
  实验显示：一天快结束的时候，准确回忆单词的能力随之减弱。
• He picked up the dead mouse by the tail and went off with it.
  这个人用手勾着死老鼠的尾巴，就上路了。
• Ultimately, though, the saving grace of Asia is that growth rates are starting to tail off from a high base.
  不过说到底，亚洲的优势在于：它的经济增长率是从一个较高的基础上开始下降的。
• But then it normally begins to tail off after six months or so.
  然而通常在六个月之后就会开始减弱。
• A kangaroo needs its tail for pushing off.
  袋鼠需要它的尾巴来推离（地面）。