释义 |
back-end|ˈbækˈɛnd| [f. back a. + end, in the sense of either extremity. Cf. fore-end.] 1. Of things with two ends: The hinder or rear end.
a1617Hieron Wks. II. 114 To put their sinnes into the backe end of the Wallet. 1675Wycherley Pl. Dealer ii. i. (1735) 37 At the Back-end of a Lord's coach. 2. The later part or ‘latter end’ of a season; (absolutely) of the year: The late autumn, the ‘fall.’
1820Blackw. Mag. Oct. 3 (Jam.) When you did us the honour to stop a day or two last back-end. 1860W. White Wrekin 43 In his opinion the ‘backend’ was the best fishing season. |