| 单词 | backseat |
| 释义 | backseat (once / 32651 pages) n When you ride in the backseat of a car, you sit in the row of seats behind the driver. Kids sometimes fight over the front seat, not wanting to sit in the backseat. You can travel in the backseat of a automobile, unless you're the driver or are riding in a two-seat sports car. Another way to use the word backseat is to describe "an inferior position." If you take a backseat to your older brother, it means he tends to get all the attention. The word, more commonly written as back seat, was used in the 1800s to talk about riding in coaches and carriages. WORD FAMILYbackseat: backseats USAGE EXAMPLESChief Dan Jones says three girls in the backseat were hospitalized with critical injuries. Washington Times(Dec 13, 2016) Investigators were called and they discovered two more bodies in the backseat. Seattle Times(Dec 09, 2016) Someone began firing into the car, hitting the girl, who was asleep in the backseat. Washington Times(Dec 07, 2016) 1n a seat at the back of a vehicle (especially the seat at the back of an automobile) Hypo|Hyper dickey, dickey-seat, dickie, dickie-seat, dicky, dicky-seat a small third seat in the back of an old-fashioned two-seater seat any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit) 2n a secondary or inferior position or status tennis has had to take a backseat while his work is so demanding Hyper inferiority, lower rank, lower status the state of being inferior |
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