1A label attached to someone or something for the purpose of identification or to give other information.

1. 1.1 An electronic device that can be attached to someone or something for monitoring purposes, e.g., to deter shoplifters.
   电子监控器
   Example sentencesExamples

   • OK, so what we're going to do is we're going to give him a transponder tag, which is essentially the same as the microchips that vets will put in a dog.
   • Each tag has 128 bytes of memory that can be accessed one billion times, giving it a continuous work life of about ten years.
   • The little tags can transmit an electronic product code to a wireless receiver, speeding up scanning, and making the inventory process almost automatic.
   • The system is believed to feature electronic ankle tags with wireless connections to special mobile devices that must be carried by the offender at all times.
   • Prisoners are now released two months early and spend that period under a 12 hours a day home detention curfew order, monitored by an electronic tag.
   • The vehicle then must drive in a restricted toll-booth lane that ‘reads’ the tag.
   • But instead of custody the two will be confined to their homes in the evenings and at night, their compliance monitored using electronic tags.
   • All suppliers will be required to put radio tags containing electronic product codes on pallets and cases by the end of 2006.
   • There is also the opportunity for including a universal tag in new cars.
   • Privacy activists warn that police will use the tags to track suspects, and that criminals will obtain tag-readers to locate valuables.
   • The most worthy community penalty is the curfew order, monitored by an electronic tag attached to the defendant's ankle, which requires him to be at home for up to twelve hours a day.
   • Testers also expressed worries that offenders appeared to be able to ‘shield’ their tags from detection devices, allowing them to go to places where they had been banned.
   • You never know, maybe our house arrest electronic tags will have sequential serial numbers!
   • One of the most important recent technological developments in radio tagging has been increased use of satellite tracking and GPS tags.
   • Cohen said that one of their customers is a hospital that has attached Wi-Fi tags to wheelchairs so it can track them.
   • The birds have been bred in captivity and will be fitted with radio tags to monitor their survival.
   • One system had a permanent electronic identification neck tag on each cow, which increased the total system cost.
   • Approaching the toll bridges, electronic sensors read the tags, debit the customer's account with the toll fee and automatically lift the barriers.
   • The tags consist of an electronic circuit, antenna and memory chip.
   • A security tag is a small electronic device that triggers an alarm if the product is smuggled outside the showroom.
2. 1.2 A nickname or description popularly given to someone or something.
   绰号
   Example sentencesExamples

   • Wild Child was a phrase created to describe her beloved twin, but Callie's lips curved slightly as she realised that Stacie was right, bookworm would be a better tag.
   • So it is little wonder that he chose Bonobo as his DJ tag, especially given the nature of the music he produces.
   • In 2002, the pair made a documentary entitled Ballet Boyz, and they haven't been able to shake off the tag since.
   • At the very least, he's a far richer playwright than the dour tag would imply.
   • Everyone spoken to for this story agrees - the politically correct tag has stuck and is damaging.
   • He's never been too comfortable with the superstar tag, he's never been too keen to bare his soul in public and he has never done anything unless it was on his own terms.
   • Make the appointment on the basis that every pound spent on sport is a contribution to the health of the nation and part of the effort to lose our tag as the sick man of Europe.

   Synonyms

   designation, denomination, label, description, characterization, identification, identity
3. 1.3informal A nickname or other identifying mark written as the signature of a graffiti artist.
   scrawled felt-tip tags on city walls

   Example sentencesExamples

   • The tags, writing and art style are all collected so in the event of a sprayer being caught, officers may be able to use a portfolio of evidence of other offences.
   • Young vandals have scrawled their tags along Malden Road for years but the problem has got worse in recent weeks, particularly since the start of the school holidays.
   • The police believe that one group of people is responsible for the graffiti across West Swindon as the same graffiti tags keep appearing.
   • Gang tags and general graffiti had been scrawled everywhere a vandal with a spray can could reach.
   • Troubled Temple Hill is scarred by youth crime, most notably with graffiti tags all over walls and homes.
   • Now she doesn't even bother washing the tags from her property as the 48-year-old is resigned to the fact that the graffiti vandals will return.
   • York Police have created a database of distinctive graffiti tags which they hope will help them link offences and target offenders.
   • His graffiti tag is a common sight around Bexley.
   • The white cement walls are spray-painted with images of red and blue bicycles, like miniature graffiti tags.
   • Anyone who can identify vandals responsible for these tags can call the council's 24-hour graffiti hotline.
   • The tags have been seen throughout Morden and elsewhere in Merton but the council's graffiti team say tags may also appear in schoolbooks, on bags or on other personal possessions.
   • Leigh has become the biggest problem area and clean-up teams have been photographing graffiti and tags so evidence will be available if the culprits end up in court.
   • I often see other small stores with tags written across their windows, not even well done.
   • Martin looked around him at the stained sleeping bags covering patches of worse stained carpet and the walls scrawled with tags, taunts and empty boasts.
   • Hundreds of new graffiti tags are appearing all over Haydon Wick and Greenmeadow.
   • When officers see a fresh graffiti tag on a street wall, they send an image in real time by phone to the crime management desk.
4. 1.4Computing An instruction appended to a piece of text in a markup language in order to specify how it is displayed or interpreted.
   Example sentencesExamples

   • The XML tags describe the content, unlike HTML, which presents and formats information.
   • HTML was invented with the specific purpose of providing a universal set of tags for displaying of information.
   • While you're rewriting your title and description tags, don't forget the keywords meta tag.
   • As anyone with a collection of songs on their computer knows, the information contained in the information tags isn't always perfect.
   • In XML, the tags describe the structure and the meaning of the data.
5. 1.5 A word, phrase, or name used to identify digital content such as blog and social media posts as belonging to a particular category or concerning a particular person or topic.
   you can easily add tags to photos en masse
6. 1.6US The license plate of a motor vehicle.
   〈美〉（机动车的）牌照
   Example sentencesExamples

   • Tail numbers, which start with the letter ‘N’ are to aircraft what license tags are to automobiles.
   • If you do, they'll know it somehow, and it would be wise to keep an eye out for big guys with shaved heads wearing trench coats and driving big black cars with Georgia tags.
   • As it turned out I could read the licence tags at the specified distance.
   • But somehow after the holiday there were a lot of things that I needed to get sorted, bills to pay, my car's licence tag to renew, emails to read and reply to… so very little got done.
   • And for extra security, I exchanged the tags on Pearson's car for those of an identical vehicle parked in the long term stay at Miami airport.
   • It's important for a dealer to be service oriented, helping buyers get vehicle tags and sign up for car insurance.
   • A single person also has what Paul calls worldly responsibilities - paying bills, getting the car tag, going to work.
   • He was also charged with hunting without a valid licence and with using licence tags belonging to his wife, and a juvenile.
   • In this case, the defendant was driving a car with stolen tags and the license plate light out.
   • She drove more slowly now, careful to look in the parked cars for anyone who might be watching, checking the tags for a government plate.

2A small piece or part that is attached to a main body.

1. 2.1 A ragged lock of wool on a sheep.
   （羊身上）一簇纠结的羊毛
2. 2.2 The tip of an animal's tail when it is distinctively colored.
   （动物颜色鲜艳的）尾尖
3. 2.3 A loose or spare end of something; a leftover.
   多余的部分；剩余物
4. 2.4 A metal or plastic point at the end of a shoelace that stiffens it, making it easier to insert through an eyelet.
   （鞋带上的金属或塑料）包头

3A frequently repeated quotation or stock phrase.

1. 3.1 (in drama) a closing speech addressed to the audience.
   〔戏剧〕（戏剧的）终场词
2. 3.2 A refrain or musical phrase in a song or piece of music.
3. 3.3Grammar A short phrase or clause added to an already complete sentence, as in I like it, I do.
   〔语法〕附加语。参见TAG QUESTION
   See also tag question

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Another possibility is for the tag to agree with a subordinate clause: I don't think they'll come now, will they?; That's a nice mess you've got us into, haven't you?
   • However, such uses in quotative tags are fairly common.
   • These tags litter our own speech, oiling the wheels of conversation, organising turn-taking and clearing up misunderstanding.

1Attach a label to.

1. 1.1 Attach a monitoring tag to.
   给…装上电子监控器
   we have to tag the sheep before sale or when moving them from one farm to another

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Most other countries in the EU had their sheep tagged years ago.
   • Those categorised in this way and who have served their punishment could then be electronically tagged upon their release, so their movements can be monitored.
   • UK asylum seekers are to be electronically tagged as part of plans to introduce tougher immigration controls announced by the Home Office yesterday.
   • They say the rule that requires every lamb to be individually tagged shows how little the bureaucrats understand about farming.
   • Cars could be electronically tagged in a bid to pinpoint the county's worst traffic jam hot spots.
   • Hardcore teenage criminals will be electronically tagged or subjected to intensive surveillance under a tough new penalty being launched in South Yorkshire today.
   • Thousands of offenders will be tagged on their release from jail under plans being considered by ministers to reduce reoffending rates.
   • It used to be just criminals and pet dogs that were tagged electronically, but today children are the latest target for location-tracking technology.
   • Young criminals in Bradford could face being electronically tagged under a new £9 million scheme.
   • In addition traceability was extended to the sheep sector with the introduction of individual sheep tagging.
   • Asylum seekers also face being electronically tagged to ease the pressure on detention centres.
   • He will be electronically tagged and was given a supervision order for six months.
   • An average of 600 offenders are being electronically tagged each month compared to about 400 last year, the Home Office said yesterday.
   • She will be electronically tagged for the first six months, to stop her leaving her home between 8pm and 6pm on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights.
   • Persistent young offenders in York and North Yorkshire could be electronically tagged in a scheme to cut youth crime.
   • Prior to the challenge test, the fish were kept under standard environmental conditions and individually tagged with passive integrated transponder tags.
   • I was amazed by the Green Party members during question time today when they were complaining about the Minister of Conservation tagging dolphins with an electronic tag that was to be picked up by satellite.
   • Within weeks a family of four will be electronically tagged and moved in to the house as part of an experiment to see how they react to the innovative features that house-builders believe the modern lifestyle demands.
   • Parents who refuse to allow former partners contact with their children could be electronically tagged under plans being considered by ministers.
2. 1.2with object and adverbial or complement Give a specified name or description to.
   把…称作，把…描述为
   he left because he didn't want to be tagged as a soap star

   他之所以离开是因为他不想被人称作是肥皂剧明星。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • They can't risk being tagged as soft on enforcement.
   • He makes an outstanding catch a week ago and gets tagged with the label of perhaps owning the two most overrated defensive plays of all time.
   • He was definitely not shaman material, they concluded, and assigned him the task of picking berries with the old women, who tagged him with the nickname he bore till the end of his days.
   • Indeed, as the years go by the originals of subpoenaed smoking pistols themselves will slowly disappear, to the point where those claiming they ever existed can be safely tagged as crazed, deluded loons.
   • Once tagged with this label you need to find another career or move on.
   • The real firebrands have tagged him as racist.
   • When they stopped making their case to the broader community, they were tagged with the special-interest label.
   • The ‘blame America first’ crowd is a label that right-wing extremists tagged on liberals to demonize and marginalize them.
   • For his efforts, he often gets tagged with labels that would dismiss him as a left-wing nut or an unpatriotic freak!
   • I think everybody is just tagging him as an offensive coach.
   • We're both lefties, and we're both been tagged unfairly as no more than just shooters.
   • At age 52, he talks with amusement at the labels people have tried to tag him with.
   • He has been tagged as the next great Broncos running back.
   • Economists with radical views often run the risk of being tagged with political labels.
   • He has been tagged a ‘work in progress’ who is still learning the finer points of the linebacker position.
   • Jurassic 5 are tagged as being hiphop revivalists, recalling the party era of rap.
   • Someone who gets admitted to college with an ‘unearned advantage’ is forever tagged as inferior, regardless of skills.
   • And anyone who hasn't won a Stanley Cup is often tagged by harsh labels in this fast-paced, hard-checking and passionate game.
   • But he resists the quirky label he has been tagged with.
   • ‘Right now, I don't think he's been around long enough to be tagged as a headhunter,’ Martinez says.

   Synonyms

   designate, describe, identify, classify, label, class, categorize, characterize
3. 1.3informal (of a graffiti artist) write one's nickname or mark on (a surface)
   storefronts are shuttered with metal roll-down barricades tagged with graffiti

   Example sentencesExamples

   • I'm entirely on the side of graffiti artists who tag places that have a political resonance.
   • Since very few trains circulated, graffiti artists started tagging and painting entire subway trains.
   • Shops in Epsom are supporting the fight against vandals who blight the borough with their graffiti tags.
   • Nothing looks worse than a fire which appears to be a transparent pyramid tagged by graffiti vandals.
   • Instead of disappearing into the caricature of shadows of what they are supposed to be, by tagging, graffiti artists are defiantly re-naming themselves.
4. 1.4Computing Add an instruction to (a piece of text in a markup language) in order to specify how it is displayed or interpreted.
   Example sentencesExamples

   • Audio could be tagged, but not downloaded easily.
   • The S-bit is applied to code that needs to be secure, and a separate portion of an ARM processor monitors and identifies data tagged with an S-bit.
   • My apologies for not html tagging this, but, well, I dunno how.
   • If tagging works well for VoIP then expect the same for video and audio, too.
   • When a file is downloaded to a user's player, it will be tagged in such a way that other players would then refuse to play it.
5. 1.5 Add a word, phrase, or name to (digital content) to identify it as belonging to a particular category or concerning a particular person or topic.
   I will be tagged in every photo I post
6. 1.6Chemistry Biology Label (something) with a radioactive isotope, fluorescent dye, or other marker.
   〔生，化〕（以放射性同位素、荧光剂或其他标识符）标识，标记
   pieces of DNA tagged with radioactive particles

   以放射性粒子标识的脱氧核糖核酸片。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Initially we wrote our applications on the assumption that we would do the work the conventional way, using radioactive labels to tag the DNA fragments and film to record the sequence from the gels.
   • Cells expressing the permease tagged with GFP were observed under a fluorescent microscope.
   • Cells were then fixed, rinsed, and labeled with fluorescently tagged secondary antibodies as described above.
   • The stem cell was tagged with a fluorescent dye, allowing investigators to track and recover the cells descended from single cell transplanted into female mice.
   • Genotypes were obtained by automated sizing of fluorescently tagged polymerase chain reaction amplification products.

2Add to something, especially as an afterthought or with no real connection.

她本想要在话尾附加一个问题。

1. 2.1no object, with adverbial Follow or accompany someone, especially without invitation.
   （尤指没被邀请而）跟随（或陪伴）
   that'll teach you not to tag along where you're not wanted

   那会给你教训：不要跟随别人去你不受欢迎的地方。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • He invited these two professional female dancer friends of his to tag along.
   • And its always good if he notices so he can tag along as well…
   • I would tag along, listening, a small shadow absorbing a vision of a much better land beyond.
   • If you're curious about the Titanic, you might want to tag along.
   • The only way, it seemed, that we could convince my buddies to tag along was to tell them that there was unlimited food and beer awaiting them.
   • I explained that I worked for a small newspaper and that I wanted to tag along for the day to see what being an army recruiter is all about.
   • I used to tag along behind him, but not just in golf; everything my Dad has enjoyed doing, I have as well.
   • The only unanswerable anti-war argument was the generally conservative, Little England case that it is no longer in Britain's interests to tag along behind the United States.
   • And all you curious bystanders are welcome to tag along!
   • Mickey is still there and, realizing that this past version of Jack does not know him, convinces Jack to let him tag along.
   • I had to tag along with her each time she went to the classes.
   • One kid always used to tag along, unwanted, made fun of, yet somehow of greater indispensability than any of the rest of us.
   • I thought if I hung round near one of the doors, when a large-ish group with a wad of tickets was going in, I'd tag along with the group as if I was one of them, and just sit anywhere.
   • They had no idea who I was, but were nice enough to let me tag along.
   • It wouldn't hurt to tag along and shadow her in her endeavors.
   • Starla welcomes her into her home and Genevieve gets to tag along at school, but cunning Genevieve is plotting to undermine Starla, steal her boyfriend and even her place in the cheerleading team.
   • As a kid, I'd tag along with Dad as he did the chores around the farm.
   • But this of course still presents a huge problem - who's going to believe that a hitman would allow a cameraman to tag along with him and film him murdering people?
   • I tag along, nodding thoughtfully when I think a nod is called for.
   • But I spend a lot of time these days in the playground area of our local parks and it makes sense for Zippy to tag along and get his daily walks at the same time.

   Synonyms

   follow, trail

3Shear away ragged locks of wool from (sheep).

1A children's game in which one chases the rest, and anyone who is touched then becomes the pursuer.

1. 1.1Baseball The action of tagging out a runner or tagging a base.
   〔棒球〕触杀
   he narrowly avoided a sweeping tag by the first baseman

   Example sentencesExamples

   • The phantom tag at second base is another maneuver that big league middle infielders have mastered on steal plays.
   • I strongly believe that the language of the rule needs to be amended to explain the necessity of a tag when runners advance at their own risk after an Infield Fly is called.
   • Members of the defensive team need to be aware of an inadvertent or accidental tag of home plate by the catcher in such situations.
   • Baseball does have an arm extension interpretation when a runner tries to avoid a fielder's tag.
2. 1.2as modifier Denoting a form of wrestling involving tag teams.
   （摔跤比赛中场下运动员替换场上运动员的）触手替换。见TAG TEAM
   See tag team

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Here Vince gives you the option of forming a tag team and going for the tag titles.
   • They also brought back the tag ropes that were on hiatus for awhile.
   • The tag match was cool and only because of the ending the rest was just flat.
   • The women's tag match surprised me, especially with Lita not having worked in over a year.
   • The tag title match was solid, though kinda short, and Eddy needs to be used better.
   • I knew he was a former WCW tag champion, was a great athlete, and was a young guy willing to learn.
   • And any male could get the Women's belt and anyone could get the tag belts as long as there are two people.
   • The tag matches were rushed and wasted since they did not build to anything.
   • His multiple title reigns in both singles and team tag competition.
   • Since there isn't much of a tag division we are left with those 2 teams.
   • Daniels and Morgan pulled out the win in that bout and won the tag titles, but was your opinion on how that match turned out?
   • It wasn't a bad match or anything, but these tag matches are literally all the same.
   • With this much competition for the belts, there won't be time for more of those poorly booked six man tag matches.
   • William Regal and Eugene have also become popular, and now reign as the tag champs.
   • Whatever happened to spending years in the tag ranks honing your skills and then going single?
   • They toppled the Rockers in tag title matches through their switching of partners illegally.
   • They can be a great tag team in the future and maybe one day win the tag titles.
   • You were speaking of tag matches - this old tape had so many!
   • When they had the tag belts, Owen would always be sure that he would be a couple of steps behind us before we came out.
   • Los Guerreros won the tag titles and held them for a short period of time.

1Touch (someone being chased) in a game of tag.

1. 1.1tag outBaseball Put out (a runner) by touching them with the ball or with the glove holding the ball.
   〔棒球〕触杀（跑垒员）
   catching their fastest runner in a rundown and tagging him out

   Example sentencesExamples

   • If Jeter says he tagged the runner, he tagged the runner.
   • As the pitcher straddles the rubber and the runner takes his lead, the first baseman tags the runner.
   • The boy ran to home base and tagged a runner running in.
   • The Pirates' defense fired the ball to third where Bond was surprisingly tagged out.
   • In the commotion, he took a big turn around second base and was tagged out.
2. 1.2Baseball (of a base runner, or a fielder with the ball) touch (a base) with the foot.
   the short center fielder could field the ball and tag second base for a force out

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Cyclones first baseman Ian Bladergroen, made an over-the-shoulder catch on the run, and the runners tagged.
   • Here's why: By catching the deep fly, the outfielder allows the runner on third to tag and score easily.
   • Since time had been called before Howe went over to tag second base, Harvey disallowed that putout, and returned McBride to second base.
3. 1.3usually tag upBaseball no object (of a base runner) touch the base one has occupied after a fly ball is caught, before running to the next base.
   when the ball was hit, he went back to the bag to tag up