| 单词 | aback of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasaback of P5. aback of: (a) at the back of, behind (cf. back of at back adv. 15) (in later use chiefly Scottish, English regional, U.S. regional, and Caribbean); (b) on the back of (now rare). ΚΠ 1743 C. Knowles Acct. Exped. Carthagena App. 50 On the other side the Harbour's Mouth was a Fascine Battery of fifteen Guns, called the Barradera; in a small Bay a back of that, another Battery of four Guns. 1783 W. Fleming Jrnl. in Kentucky 8 Jan. in N. D. Mereness Trav. Amer. Colonies (1916) 663 Fern Creek is lost in ponds and low flat land a back of the Falls. 1836 D. B. Edward Hist. Texas v. 79 Those districts..aback of the older settled ones. 1849 Gloss. Prov. Words Teesdale 1 Aback, prep. Behind; as, stand aback o' me. 1869 Fraser's Mag. Sept. 353/2 He wor letting me hev a ride aback of his horse. 1876 W. Morris Story of Sigurd ii. 150 So he leapeth aback of Greyfell, and rideth the desert bare. 1894 H. Caine Manxman i. xi. 50 Just aback of the lighthouse. 1908 J. Lumsden Doun i' th' Loudons 80 Be aff, ye limmer, unman men nae mair, A-back o' granny, is the post for you! 1909 Every Where Apr. 87/1 Their evident enjoyment while riding aback of their maternal parent. 1920 J. S. Fletcher Scarhaven Keep xxix. 294 I know a man just aback of here that'll run up to the town with a message. 1993 F. Collymore Snag 24 Then Mark would dress and Joe and he would go out on the little strip of pasture aback of the house. < as lemmas |
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