单词 | to take a back seat |
释义 | > as lemmasto take a back seat A seat at the back of a vehicle. Also, esp. a seat at or towards the back of a hall, etc., an inferior seat; hence colloquial, a position of inferiority or comparative obscurity (originally U.S. in to take a back seat (figurative), to occupy a subordinate place; see seat n. Phrases 3). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > other > position of back seata1832 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > seat > [noun] > at back back seata1832 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > parts and equipment of vehicles generally > [noun] > seat > of specific type or position driver's seata1726 side seat1742 driving seat1788 back seata1832 aisle seat1838 car seat1850 reclining seat1857 window seat1862 passenger seat1867 seat-board1873 garden seat1884 bucket-seat1908 shotgun1940 Sleeperette1950 sleeper seat1960 a1832 R. C. Sands Writings (1834) II. 148 He had..ample room wherein to adjust himself and his properties, on the back-seat [of the coach]. 1858 W. M. Thackeray Virginians xx. 157 The Lady Maria had the back seat to herself. 1860 J. G. Holland Miss Gilbert's Career xiii. 227 The double of Mrs. Gen. Cadwallader took the back seat to herself. 1873 T. B. Aldrich Marjorie Daw 36 The colonel drove, with my father in front, Miss Daw and I on the back seat. 1883 R. Gower My Reminisc. II. 234 Le gros papa took up all the front seat of the carriage... In the middle seats were the young Germans..and in the back seat..on which two people could have been uncomfortably seated, sat the middle-aged Englishman, Walter, and I. 1898 H. S. Canfield Maid of Frontier 176 We took a back seat [in the meeting], me and my girl did. 1928 ‘I. Hay’ Poor Gentleman iv. 71 I'll put you in the back seat together going home. < as lemmas |
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