tag 可以作名词,意为“标签,诨名,称呼”等,例如:
License plate scanners record tags entering the city.
车牌扫描仪记录进入城市的车牌。
The tag is the most commonly seen graffiti in any urban setting.
标签是任何城市环境中最常见的涂鸦。
tag 也可以作动词,意为”给…加上标签;把…称作;给…起诨名“,例如:
I don't mind if people tag me without asking.
我不介意别人不问就给我起诨名。
Each animal was tagged with a number for identification.
每只动物都系上了标有号码的小牌,以便辨认。
tag 只有两个对应的短语动词,例如:
一、tag along (behind/with sb),意为”跟随,尾随“,尤指未经同意或邀请,例如:
James doesn’t want his little brother to tag along.
詹姆斯不想让他的弟弟跟着。
I don't know her, she just tagged along with us.
我不认识她,她只是跟着我们。
If we get out, we just tag along behind you until you get home, and we vanish.
如果我们出去,我们就跟着你直到你回家,然后我们就消失了。
二、tag sth on 或 tag sth onto sth,意为”给…加上,附加“,尤指漫不经心地,例如:
An apology was tagged onto the end of the letter.
信的结尾顺便附了一句抱歉的话。
Tag on a couple of paragraphs about recent events.
添几段最近时事的报道。