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A tailpiece is a part added at the end of something. Most often it is about writing: a short extra piece at the end of a chapter, an article or a book — a closing note, a small final remark, something added after the main text is finished. Editors and writers use the word; ordinary speakers rarely do, so it feels . In old printed books it also meant a small decoration printed at the foot of the last page of a chapter, to fill the empty space — a little drawing or ornament. More generally it can be any end part of an object: the last section of a pipe, a shaft, a piece of machinery. There is also one common technical use that has nothing to do with writing: on a violin, or guitar, the tailpiece is the piece at the bottom end of the instrument that the strings are to. Music students meet the word there long before they meet it in books. In all these uses the idea is the same — the piece at the tail, the bit at the end.
（文章末尾的）附記、篇末小段；末端部件；（提琴、吉他的）拉弦板、繫弦板
組成tail (the end of something, the back part) + piece (a part of a thing). So: the end part.
同家族的字
- tailpipesame tail — the pipe at the end of a vehicle
- tailgatesame tail — the gate at the back of a truck or car
- mouthpiecesame piece pattern — the part you put your mouth to
- centrepiecesame piece pattern — the part in the centre
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
tailpiecenoun/ˈteɪlˌpis/
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An appendage or appendix.
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artscraftsentertainmentAn element, often triangular, to which the strings of a violin, guitar, etc. are attached at the lower end of an instrument.
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architectureA short joist between a header and a wall.
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The part of a telescope containing the adjusting device for the eyepiece, etc.
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The part of a lock that transmits motion from the hub to the latch bolt.
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mediaprintingpublishingAn ornamental design at the end of a chapter or page.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。