A line, made of rope or wire with a rope tail, that is used to hoist a sail.

一根用来悬挂帆布的绳索，由麻绳或带着麻绳尾巴的钢丝做成。

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The caravan pulled up to Elisa's wire fence and stopped. Now the newcomer dog, feeling out-numbered, lowered his tail and retired under the wagon with raised hackles and bared teeth.

那条初来乍到的狗这时感觉到数量上的众寡悬殊，垂下尾巴，退回到车下，脖子上的毛竖着，牙齿露在外面。

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However, in most cases, only the use of welding method, cored wire solder in the pin-hole-shaped tail.

但多数情况下，只能采用焊接的方法，将芯线焊在孔形插针的尾部。

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The tail was the wire that connected it to the computer.

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Meanwhile at Imperial College in London, Varnavas Serhides designed a plane that has no tail by taking advantage of advanced "fly-by-wire" controls and eliminating the need for a horizontal stabilizer and vertical tail, which also reduces drag.

BBC: The futurist: Will green aeroplanes take off?