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单词 backdrop
释义

backdrop

[ bak-drop ]
/ ˈbækˌdrɒp /
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noun

Also called, especially British, back-cloth [bak-klawth, -kloth] /ˈbækˌklɔθ, -ˌklɒθ/ .Theater. the rear curtain of a stage setting.
the background of an event; setting.
Gymnastics. a maneuver in which a trampolinist jumps in the air, lands on the back with the arms and legs pointed upward, and then springs up to a standing position.

verb (used with object), back·dropped or back·dropt, back·drop·ping.

to provide a setting or background for: A vast mountain range backdrops the broad expanse of lake.

Origin of backdrop

An Americanism dating back to 1910–15; back1 + drop

Words nearby backdrop

backdoor, backdoor play, backdown, backdraft, backdraught, backdrop, backed, back emf, back emission, back end, back-end load
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British Dictionary definitions for backdrop

backdrop
/ (ˈbækˌdrɒp) /

noun

another name for backcloth
the background to any scene or situation
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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