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    back

    • IPA[bak]

    美式

    • n.
      the rear surface of the human body from the shoulders to the hips；the upper surface of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's back
    • adv.
      toward the rear; in the opposite direction from the one that one is facing or traveling；expressing movement of the body into a reclining position
    • v.
      give financial, material, or moral support to；supplement in order to reinforce or strengthen
    • adj.
      of or at the back of something；situated in a remote or subsidiary position

    • verb: back, 3rd person present: backs, gerund or present participle: backing, past tense: backed, past participle: backed

    • noun: back, plural noun: backs

    • 釋義
    • 片語

    名詞

    • 1. the rear surface of the human body from the shoulders to the hips he lay on his back Forbes slapped me on the back
    • ▪ the upper surface of an animal's body that corresponds to a person's back the adults have white bodies with gray backs
    • ▪ the spine of a person or animal. 同義詞 spine, backbone, spinal column, vertebral column, technicaldorsum, ... 更多
    • ▪ the part of a chair against which the sitter's back rests.
    • ▪ the part of a garment that covers a person's back a top with a scooped neckline and a low back
    • ▪ a person's back regarded as carrying a load or bearing an imposition who wouldn't like the chance to get the boss off their backs?
    • 2. the side or part of something that is away from the spectator or from the direction in which it moves or faces; the rear at the back of the hotel is a secluded garden an empty spot in the back of the plane 同義詞 rear, rear side, other side, stern, end, ... 更多反義詞 front, front, head
    • ▪ the position directly behind someone or something she unbuttoned her dress from the back
    • ▪ the side or part of an object opposed to the one that is normally seen or used; the less active, visible, or important part of something write on the back of a postcard he wiped his mouth with the back of his hand 同義詞 reverse, reverse side, other side, underside, verso, ... 更多反義詞 front, face
    • 3. a player in a field game whose initial position is behind the front line their backs showed some impressive running and passing

    副詞

    • 1. toward the rear; in the opposite direction from the one that one is facing or traveling she moved back a pace she walked away without looking back 同義詞 backwards, behind one, to one's rear, rearwards, away, ... 更多反義詞 forward
    • ▪ expressing movement of the body into a reclining position he leaned back in his chair sit back and relax
    • ▪ at a distance away I thought you were miles back the officer pushed the crowd back 同義詞 away, at a distance
    • ▪ North American informal behind he knew that other people were back of him
    • 2. expressing a return to an earlier or normal condition she put the book back on the shelf drive to Montreal and back
    • ▪ at a place previously left or mentioned the folks back home are counting on him
    • ▪ fashionable again sideburns are back
    • 3. in or into the past he made his fortune back in 1955
    • 4. in return they wrote back to me

    動詞

    形容詞

    • 1. of or at the back of something the back garden the back pocket of his jeans 同義詞 rear, end, hind, hindmost, rearmost, ... 更多反義詞 front, front, front
    • ▪ situated in a remote or subsidiary position back roads
    • 2. (especially of wages or something published or released) from or relating to the past she was owed back pay 同義詞 past, old, previous, earlier, former, ... 更多反義詞 future
    • 3. directed toward the rear or in a reversed course back currents
    • 4. (of a sound) articulated at the back of the mouth a long back vowel, as in 'dance' or 'bath'

    片語