"chase your tail" 怎么发音
expression
ˈtʃeɪs/ /ˈjɔɹ/, /ˈjʊɹ/ /ˈteɪɫ
CHAYS yoor TAYL
tʃˈeɪs/ /jˈɔː/ /tˈeɪl
ch-AYS yaw TAYL
释义
To be very busy doing many things, but not achieving much, like working very hard with little or no result.
IPA 音标
美式英语
ˈtʃeɪs/ /ˈjɔɹ/, /ˈjʊɹ/ /ˈteɪɫ
英式英语
tʃˈeɪs/ /jˈɔː/ /tˈeɪl
简化发音
美式
CHAYS yoor TAYL
英式
ch-AYS yaw TAYL
语境中听
I spent all morning chasing my tail at work.
Sometimes I feel like I’m just chasing my tail at home.
We’re chasing our tails trying to fix this problem.
After hours of emails, I realized I was just chasing my tail and nothing got done.