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tailgate

noun
🔊/ˈteɪlɡeɪt/
🔊/ˈteɪlɡeɪt/
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  1. (also tailboard)
     a door at the back of a lorry that opens downwards and that you can open or remove when you are loading or unloading the vehicle （卡车的）后拦板，后挡板
  2. the door that opens upwards at the back of a car (called a hatchback) that has three or five doors（三门或五门轿车的）尾门，舱盖式后背门Topics Transport by car or lorryc2

tailgate

verb
🔊/ˈteɪlɡeɪt/
🔊/ˈteɪlɡeɪt/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they tailgate
🔊/ˈteɪlɡeɪt/
🔊/ˈteɪlɡeɪt/
he / she / it tailgates
🔊/ˈteɪlɡeɪts/
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past simple tailgated
🔊/ˈteɪlɡeɪtɪd/
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past participle tailgated
🔊/ˈteɪlɡeɪtɪd/
🔊/ˈteɪlɡeɪtɪd/
-ing form tailgating
🔊/ˈteɪlɡeɪtɪŋ/
🔊/ˈteɪlɡeɪtɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive, transitive] tailgate (somebody/something) (informal) to drive too closely behind another vehicle紧跟（另一车辆）行驶Topics Transport by car or lorryc2
  2. [intransitive] (North American English) to eat food and drinks outdoors, served from the tailgate of a car 旅行野餐（打开轿车舱盖式后背门就餐）