- [countable] (British English)
a long line of traffic that is moving slowly or not moving at all, because something is blocking the road (車輛因受阻而排成的)長隊,長蛇陣 It took a couple of hours for the two-mile tailback to clear. 兩英裏長的車尾花了幾個小時才清場。 There are five-mile tailbacks on the M25 this morning. 今天早上M25公路上有五英裏的長龍。 There are reports of severe tailbacks in both directions. 有報道稱兩個方向都出現了嚴重的擁堵。
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: 美式橄欖球中兩名進攻球員之一,其位置位於四分衛之後,緊随其後衛;尾巴的位置