tag
[tæg]
n. 标签, 附属, 碎片, 束语, 口头禅, 附语, 浑, 标, 标符

vt. 附签, 尾随, 添饰, 起浑, 连接

vi. 跟随

[] 标

[] 标; 标签

[医] 附属, 签

[] 标签



tag
tagged, tagging
[ noun ]

1. a label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc.

<noun.communication>

2. a label associated with something for the purpose of identification

<noun.communication>
semantic tags were attached in order to identify different meanings of the word

3. a small piece of cloth or paper

<noun.artifact>

4. a game in which one child chases the others; the one who is caught becomes the next chaser

<noun.act>

5. (sports) the act of touching a player in a game (which changes their status in the game)

<noun.act>

[ verb ]

1. attach a tag or label to

<verb.contact> label mark
label these bottles

2. touch a player while he is holding the ball

<verb.contact>

3. provide with a name or nickname

<verb.communication>

4. go after with the intent to catch

<verb.motion> chase chase after dog give chase go after tail track trail
The policeman chased the mugger down the alley
the dog chased the rabbit

5. supply (blank verse or prose) with rhymes

<verb.creation>

Tag \Tag\, v. i.
To follow closely, as it were an appendage; -- often with
after; as, to tag after a person.


Tag \Tag\, n. [From {Tag}, v.; cf. {Tag}, an end.]
A child's play in which one runs after and touches another,
and then runs away to avoid being touched.


Tag \Tag\, n. [Probably akin to tack a small nail; cf. Sw. tagg
a prickle, point, tooth.]
1. Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something
slight hanging loosely; specifically, a direction card, or
label.

2. A metallic binding, tube, or point, at the end of a
string, or lace, to stiffen it.

3. The end, or catchword, of an actor's speech; cue.

4. Something mean and paltry; the rabble. [Obs.]

{Tag and rag}, the lowest sort; the rabble. --Holinshed.

5. A sheep of the first year. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.


Tag \Tag\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tagged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Tagging}.]
1. To fit with, or as with, a tag or tags.

He learned to make long-tagged thread laces.
--Macaulay.

His courteous host . . .
Tags every sentence with some fawning word.
--Dryden.

2. To join; to fasten; to attach. --Bolingbroke.

3. To follow closely after; esp., to follow and touch in the
game of tag. See {Tag}, a play.