tail coat

基本解释

The little girl held on the tail of his coat.
那个小女孩抓住他外套的下摆。
The need for a coat that didn’t get in the way while riding a horse influenced the arrival of the tail coat.
对不妨碍骑马的外套的需求，催生了燕尾服的诞生。
The butler in his tail coat waiting at the entrance sets the scene for unapologetic luxury on an epicurean scale.
穿着燕尾服的管家正在设置了具有豪华享乐主义规模现场的入口处等待。

No chief executive would unveil a new corporate strategy wearing a broad-collared tail coat, skin-hugging trousers that left little to the imagination and billowing muslin stock in the gap that a tie would later fill.
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A tailcoat is a man's coat which is short at the front with long pieces at the back. Tailcoats were popular in the 19th century and are now worn only for very formal occasions such as weddings.