"hightail" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 赶紧离开
• 匆忙逃走

Definition

快速离开或逃跑，尤其是因为害怕或需要避免某事。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

属于非正式、口语化的表达。常以 'hightail it' 形式出现，并经常跟 'out of' 使用，表示因紧急或害怕而迅速离开，不一定是真正的奔跑。

Examples

We need to hightail if we want to catch the last bus.

如果我们想赶上最后一班车，我们得**赶紧离开**。

When the alarm rang, everyone hightailed out of the building.

警报响了时，大家都**匆忙逃走**出了大楼。

The cat hightailed when it saw the dog.

猫看到狗时就**赶紧逃走**。

Let’s hightail it out of here before it starts to rain.

我们赶紧**溜走**吧，免得下雨。

As soon as we saw the police, we hightailed it.

我们一看到警察就**赶紧跑了**。

If I were you, I’d hightail before the boss gets here.

如果我是你，老板来之前我就会**赶紧离开**。