英语词汇“back-to-back”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

back-to-back

/ˌbaktəˈbak

adjective

1British (Of houses) built in a continuous terrace backing on to another terrace, with a party wall or a narrow alley between: rows of back-to-back houses...

The museum tells the story of Bradford's industrial past and includes shire horses, bus and tram rides, machinery, a mill owner's house and back-to-back cottages.
But since his defeat he has now vowed not to stand again and has put the back-to-back terrace house up for sale.
His company has terraced back-to-back houses for as little as £21, 950 and a £250,000 home in Allerton.

2Consecutive: his back-to-back victories in the Hungarian and Belgian Grands Prix...

But if he wins a big victory here, then he will look like a certifiable front-runner, having won back-to-back victories in Iowa and New Hampshire.
However, England's fate should be known before then as only back-to-back victories in the next week will leave them needing a draw in Turkey in their final game to make it through automatically.
He has since reached the top flight of hurdlers and is ante-post favourite to record back-to-back victories in the Champion.

noun British

A house in a back-to-back terrace: a street of Victorian back-to-backs...

The houses there were terraced back-to-backs, often one-up-one-down.
I used to live in Water Street, in a two-up, two-down, as they used to be called, to distinguish those houses from the inferior back-to-backs which had only one room on each floor, and no yard.
She is behind the successful restoration of Britain's last genuine back-to-backs in Birmingham and now she's involved with the Coffin Factory, which is going to become a visitors' centre.

adverb (back to back)

1(Of two people) facing in opposite directions with their backs touching: they sat on the ground, leaning back to back...

They stood, facing outward, back to back, looking towards the four cardinal directions.
He captured them seated practically back to back on spindly gilt chairs at a fashion show, in an invisible yet palpable fog of unpleasantness.
His acrylic on canvass presents two persons sitting back to back.

2Consecutively; in succession: the games were played back to back...

Did the artistic directors want their own pieces to be shown back to back?
For some reason, we just can't seem to string together two decent performances back to back, and when you do not have consistency your confidence suffers as well.
He's granting interviews back to back to the Euro press.

单词	back-to-back
释义	back-to-back /ˌbaktəˈbak / adjective 1British (Of houses) built in a continuous terrace backing on to another terrace, with a party wall or a narrow alley between: rows of back-to-back houses... The museum tells the story of Bradford's industrial past and includes shire horses, bus and tram rides, machinery, a mill owner's house and back-to-back cottages. But since his defeat he has now vowed not to stand again and has put the back-to-back terrace house up for sale. His company has terraced back-to-back houses for as little as £21, 950 and a £250,000 home in Allerton. 2Consecutive: his back-to-back victories in the Hungarian and Belgian Grands Prix... But if he wins a big victory here, then he will look like a certifiable front-runner, having won back-to-back victories in Iowa and New Hampshire. However, England's fate should be known before then as only back-to-back victories in the next week will leave them needing a draw in Turkey in their final game to make it through automatically. He has since reached the top flight of hurdlers and is ante-post favourite to record back-to-back victories in the Champion. noun British A house in a back-to-back terrace: a street of Victorian back-to-backs... The houses there were terraced back-to-backs, often one-up-one-down. I used to live in Water Street, in a two-up, two-down, as they used to be called, to distinguish those houses from the inferior back-to-backs which had only one room on each floor, and no yard. She is behind the successful restoration of Britain's last genuine back-to-backs in Birmingham and now she's involved with the Coffin Factory, which is going to become a visitors' centre. adverb (back to back) 1(Of two people) facing in opposite directions with their backs touching: they sat on the ground, leaning back to back... They stood, facing outward, back to back, looking towards the four cardinal directions. He captured them seated practically back to back on spindly gilt chairs at a fashion show, in an invisible yet palpable fog of unpleasantness. His acrylic on canvass presents two persons sitting back to back. 2Consecutively; in succession: the games were played back to back... Did the artistic directors want their own pieces to be shown back to back? For some reason, we just can't seem to string together two decent performances back to back, and when you do not have consistency your confidence suffers as well. He's granting interviews back to back to the Euro press.
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