"hightail" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 趕緊離開
• 匆忙逃走

Definition

快速離開或逃跑，尤其是因為害怕或需要避免某事。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

屬於非正式、口語化的用語。常用 'hightail it'，也常和 'out of' 連用，表示因緊急或害怕而趕快離開，不一定真的在跑步。

Examples

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

如果我們想趕上最後一班車，我們得**趕緊離開**。

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

警報響了時，大家都**匆忙逃走**出了大樓。

The cat hightailed when it saw the dog.

貓看到狗時就**趕緊逃走**。

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

我們趕緊**溜走**吧，免得下雨。

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

我們一看到警察就**趕緊跑了**。

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

如果我是你，老闆來之前我就會**趕緊離開**。