| 主要翻译 |
| 英语 | 中文 |
coattail (US),
coat-tail (UK) n | usually plural (man's formal jacket: back flap) (常作_s) | SCSimplified Chinese 燕尾服的燕尾 yàn wěi fú de yàn wěi |
| coattail⇒ vi | US (succeed thanks to [sb] else) | SCSimplified Chinese 靠着他人提携 |
| SCSimplified Chinese 沾别人的光 |
| Stanley was the weakest player on his team, but he managed to coattail into two championships. |
| on [sb]'s coattails expr | figurative (aided by [sb]'s success) | SCSimplified Chinese 靠...的提携 |
| on the coattails of [sth] expr | figurative (immediately following [sth]) | SCSimplified Chinese 跟风... |
