单词 | back-to-back |
释义 | > as lemmasback-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. ΘΚΠ 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. < as lemmas |
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