单词 | in back of |
释义 | > as lemmasin back of g. in back of = back of at back adv. 15. U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > position at the back > at the back of or behind [preposition] afterOE in (also on) the rearward of1591 in (also at, within) (the) rear of1604 on, upon the back (of)1614 back of1694 rearward1778 behind1882 in back ofa1910 a1910 ‘M. Twain’ What is Man? (1917) 165 The picture represents a burning martyr..in back of the smoke. 1925 G. P. Krapp Eng. Lang. in Amer. I. 77 Back of..has a variant form in back of, which completes the analogy to in front of. 1952 F. Bowers in Papers Bibliogr. Soc. Amer. XLVI. 194 This pure form of analytical bibliography lies in back of and leads directly into two other divisions. 1957 J. Kerouac On the Road i. xiii. 102 I was spreading mustard on my lap in back of a parking-lot john. < as lemmas |
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