| 单词 | back |
| 释义 | back (once / 7 pages) 1nvadjadv 2advadj 3v 4v Your back is your spine, or the rear part of your whole body. When you lie on the grass on your back, you can watch the clouds in the sky above you. There are dozens of ways to use the word back. You might have back pain, or stroke your cat's back. Your clothing also has a back, and you have a figurative back: "Get off my back, Mom!" You could request a table at the back of a restaurant and then lean against the back of your chair. You can also "answer back," or reply, or choose to back a friend's fundraising project — give her money, in other words. WORD FAMILYback: backed, backer, backing, backless, backmost, backs+/backed: unbacked/backer: backers/backing: backings USAGE EXAMPLESNorth Carolina twice cut the deficit back to single digits down the stretch but got no closer than seven. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) But the interrogators hit back, telling the activist his friends and colleagues were turning against him. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) The quarterback climbed to his feet and limped back to the huddle. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1n the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine his back was nicely tanned Syn|Hyper dorsum body part any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity 2n the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord the fall broke his back Syn|Hypo|Hyper backbone, rachis, spinal column, spine, vertebral column notochord a flexible rodlike structure that forms the supporting axis of the body in the lowest chordates and lowest vertebrates and in embryos of higher vertebrates chinebackbone of an animal urochorda notochord of a larval tunicate typically confined to the caudal region skeletal structure any structure created by the skeleton of an organism 3n the part of a garment that covers the back of your body they pinned a `kick me' sign on his back Hyper cloth covering a covering made of cloth 4n a support that you can lean against while sitting the back of the dental chair was adjustable Syn|Hypo|Hyper backrest cantle the back of a saddle seat ladder-backthe backrest of a chair that consists of two uprights with connecting slats support any device that bears the weight of another thing 5n the side that goes last or is not normally seen he wrote the date on the back of the photograph Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper rear front the side that is seen or that goes first after part, poop, quarter, stern, tail the rear part of a ship empennage, tail, tail assemblythe rear part of an aircraft side an extended outer surface of an object 6n the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer he stood at the back of the stage Syn|Ant|Hyper rear front the part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer place, position the particular portion of space occupied by something 7n (football) a person who plays in the backfield Hypo|Hyper flanker, flanker back a back stationed wide of the scrimmage line; used as a pass receiver field general, quarterback, signal caller(football) the person who plays quarterback running back(football) a back on the offensive team (a fullback or halfback) who tries to advance the ball by carrying it on plays from the line of scrimmage tailback(American football) the person who plays tailback wingback(football) the person who plays wingback fullback(football) the running back who plays the fullback position on the offensive team halfback(football) the running back who plays the offensive halfback position football player, footballer an athlete who plays American football 8n (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage Hypo|Hyper line backer, linebacker (American football) the position of a defensive football player who plays close behind the line of scrimmage field general, quarterback, signal caller(American football) the position of the football player in the backfield who directs the offensive play of his team fullback(American football) the position of a back on a football team halfback(American football) the position of a back on a football team tailback(American football) the position of the offensive back on a football team who lines up farthest from the line of scrimmage wingback(American football) the position of the offensive back who lines up behind or outside the end position (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player 9n the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book Syn|Hypo|Hyper binding, book binding, cover half binding book binding in which the spine and part of the sides are bound in one material and the rest in another three-quarter bindingthe spine and much of the sides are a different material from the rest of the cover protection, protective cover, protective covering a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury 10v travel backward back into the driveway The car backed up and hit the tree Hypo|Hyper back out move out of a space backwards go, locomote, move, travel change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically 11v cause to travel backward back the car into the parking spot Ant advance, bring forward cause to move forward 12v be in back of My garage backs their yard Ant|Hyper face, front, look be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point; be opposite to facebe opposite lie be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position 13v strengthen by providing with a back or backing Hyper strengthen gain strength 14adj related to or located at the back the back yard the back entrance Syn|Ant posterior located at or near or behind a part or near the end of a structure backmost, hindermost, hindmost, rearmostlocated farthest to the rear rear, rearwardlocated in or toward the back or rear aft(nautical, aeronautical) situated at or toward the stern or tail front relating to or located in the front anteriorof or near the head end or toward the front plane of a body advance, advanced, in advancesituated ahead or going before foremost, frontmostpreceding all others in spatial position frontal, head-onmeeting front to front firstpreceding all others in time or space or degree foresituated at or toward the bow of a vessel 15adj located at or near the back of an animal back (or hind) legs Syn hind, hinder posterior located at or near or behind a part or near the end of a structure 16adv at or to or toward the back or rear 2he moved back Syn|Ant backward, backwards, rearward, rearwards forrad, forrard, forward, forwards, frontward, frontwards at or to or toward the front 1adv in or to or toward a former location she went back to her parents' house 2adv in or to or toward a past time set the clocks back an hour never look back Syn|Ant backward ahead, forward toward the future; forward in time 3adv in or to or toward an original condition he went back to sleep 4adv in reply he wrote back three days later 5adv in repayment or retaliation we paid back everything we had borrowed he hit me and I hit him back I was kept in after school for talking back to the teacher 6adj of an earlier date 3back issues of the magazine Syn noncurrent not current or belonging to the present time 1v be behind; approve of I backed Kennedy in 1960 Syn|Hypo|Hyper endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for, support endorse, indorse, second give support or one's approval to guarantee, warrant stand behind and guarantee the quality, accuracy, or condition of champion, defendprotect or fight for as a champion cover, insure, underwriteprotect by insurance certify, endorse, indorseguarantee as meeting a certain standard O.K., approve, okay, sanction give sanction to 2v give support or one's approval to I can't back this plan Syn|Hyper endorse, indorse, second endorse, indorse, plump for, plunk for, support be behind; approve of back up, support give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to 3v support financial backing for back this enterprise Hyper finance obtain or provide money for 4v establish as valid or genuine Can you back up your claims? Syn|Hyper back up affirm, confirm, corroborate, substantiate, support, sustain establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts 5v place a bet on 4Which horse are you backing? Syn|Hypo|Hyper bet on, gage, game, punt, stake ante place one's stake double up, parlaystake winnings from one bet on a subsequent wager bet, play, wager stake on the outcome of an issue v shift to a counterclockwise direction the wind backed Ant|Hyper veer shift to a clockwise direction change over, shift, switch make a shift in or exchange of |
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