- [countable] (British English)
a long line of traffic that is moving slowly or not moving at all, because something is blocking the road (车辆因受阻而排成的)长队,长蛇阵 It took a couple of hours for the two-mile tailback to clear. 两英里长的车尾花了几个小时才清场。 There are five-mile tailbacks on the M25 this morning. 今天早上M25公路上有五英里的长龙。 There are reports of severe tailbacks in both directions. 有报道称两个方向都出现了严重的拥堵。
WordfinderTopics Transport by car or lorryc2 - (also half back, half, North American English halfback)[countable, uncountable]
one of the two attacking players in american football whose position is behind the quarterback and next to the full backs; the position a tailback plays at 尾巴: 美式橄榄球中两名进攻球员之一,其位置位于四分卫之后,紧随其后卫;尾巴的位置