[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
[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