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单词 back-to-back
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back-to-back
a. gen. That side or surface of any part of the body or of any object, which answers in position to the back; that opposite to the face or front, or side approached, contemplated, or exposed to view; e.g. the back of the head, of the leg; the back of a house, door, picture, bill, tablet, etc. back-to-back: adverbial phrase used attributively, spec. (a) of houses; also elliptical as n.; (b) of an aerial system or display used in radar (see quot. 19481); (c) of a type of combination fireplace (see quots.); (d) chiefly U.S., of events: following one upon another without a break, consecutive; also transferred, full, crowded.
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the world > space > relative position > position at the back > [noun] > back part or rear
hinder enda1382
back-half1408
backside1417
arse1510
rear1609
postern1611
back-enda1617
arreara1627
back1626
averse1655
posteriorsa1657
ass1700
tail-end1747
rear end1785
west side1829
arse-end1837
hindside1862
ass-end1934
the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > [adjective] > successive or following one after another
successive?a1475
progressional1570
consecutive1611
sequenta1616
progressive1620
back-to-back1626
running1682
seriatim1813
straight1899
tandem1926
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surface > [noun] > rear surface
wrong side1511
back1626
backside1645
counterfront1730
reverse1775
society > communication > telecommunication > radio communications > radio equipment > [adjective] > radar apparatus
back-to-back1626
iso-echo1951
moving target1953
monostatic1957
squinted1966
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [adjective] > types of fireplace or grate
back-to-back1626
roundabout1714
grateless1876
fenderless1878
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [adjective] > house of specific shape or style
back-to-back1626
detached1706
self-contained1767
ground-floored1824
semi-detached1859
bungaloid1927
bi-level1929
one-up, one-down1933
blind back1937
terraced1958
tri-level1960
split entry1967
two-up two-down1973
the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > [adjective] > fully or constantly > of times
throng1615
thronged1774
back-to-back1968
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §856 Trees, set vpon the Backes of Chimneys, doe ripen Fruit sooner.
a1816 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal (rev. ed.) iii. ii, in Wks. (1821) II. 75 He put his name at the back of a bill.
1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. Explan. Terms 94 Back of the post, the after-face of the stern-post.
1853 E. Bulwer-Lytton My Novel I. iii. xiii. 213 At the back of the cottage..there are some fields.
1880 L. Stephen Alexander Pope iv. 92 A great part of the Iliad [Pope's] is written upon the backs of letters.
a1885 Mod. Severely hurt about the back of the head.
1845 L. Playfair Rep. Large Towns Lancs. 35 Back-to-back houses cannot be considered dwellings of proper construction.1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 12 Dec. 2 11,000 ‘back-to-back’ houses in the older parts.1901 B. S. Rowntree Poverty vi. 153 Back-to-back houses in which through ventilation is impossible.1940 ‘M. Innes’ There came both Mist & Snow xix. 202 Back-to-backs are monotonous.1948 D. Taylor & C. H. Westcott Princ. Radar v. 79 In..air~borne radars operating on the metre wave-lengths, the back-to-back display..is used. The ‘split’ signals are then displayed on either side of the trace and equality results in the trace bisecting the signal line.1948 D. Taylor & C. H. Westcott Princ. Radar v. 80 (caption) Back-to-back display..used with metric radars.1961 Flight 80 926/1 One of the latest Marconi long-range surveillance radars is the Type S.247, comprising two high-power (2½–3 MW) transmitters..feeding a combined back-to-back aerial system.1951 Good Housek. Home Encycl. 263/2 Back-to-back Grates, in this variant of the combination range..the open fire is placed in the sitting-room and the cooking range at the back, in the kitchen.1955 D. Chapman Home & Social Status 54 The other living-room usually has a ‘back-to-back’ combination fireplace ‘shared’ with the kitchen.1952 N.Y. Times 24 Aug. s1/8 Back to back doubles by Gene Woodling and Joe Collins off Early Wynn in the fourth inning produced the only tally of the day.1968 Mrs. L. B. Johnson Diary 24 Sept. in White House Diary (1970) 709 Today was one of those full, back-to-back Washington days.1974 Plain Dealer (Cleveland, Ohio) 27 Oct. 1- c/4 Because he is an aggressive skater, his effectiveness would be limited in back-to-back games.1978 Sunday Times 5 Mar. 18/4 Not that British workers like the night shift... They explain their acceptance of it by pointing out the social barriers to back-to-back shift working.1984 Tampa (Florida) Tribune 5 Apr. 10 c/2 The same teams and players met on back-to-back weeks.
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