fishtail

fishtail
noun
  1. [usu. as modifier]an object which is forked like a fish's tail
    鱼尾状物体
    fishtail battlements.
    鱼尾状的城垛。
    ■an uncontrolled sideways movement of the back of a motor vehicle
    (机动车辆不受控制的)摆尾;蛇行
    he hit the brake, sending the car into a fishtail that carried him across the street.
    他猛踩刹车,结果车摆尾到了街对面。
verb
  1. [no obj.][usu. with adverbial of direction](of a vehicle) make such a movement
    (车辆)摆尾
    the vehicle fishtailed from one side of the road to the other.
    那辆车从路的一边摆尾到了另一边。
    ■[with obj.]cause (a vehicle) to make such a movement
    使(车辆)摆尾
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