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单词 posterior
释义 pos·te·ri·or
I. \(ˈ)pō|stirēə(r), (ˈ)pä|-, -|stēr-\ adjective
Etymology: Latin, compar. of posterus next, following, coming after, from post after — more at post-
1.
 a. : after in time : subsequent
 b. : logically consequent
2.
 a. : situated toward the back : after in place — opposed to anterior
 b. : adaxial — compare anterior
 c.
  (1) : situated at or toward the hinder end of the body : caudal
  (2) : dorsal — used of human anatomy in which the upright posture makes dorsal and caudal identical
pos·te·r·ior·ly adverb
II. noun
(-s)
1. posteriors plural, archaic : descendants
 < neither he, nor his posteriors from generation to generation, shall sit upon it — Sir Walter Scott >
2. : a posterior thing or part: as
 a. : the rear end of a quadruped
 b. : buttocks
  < smacked him on his posterior and sent him out to play >
  — often used in plural
  < when she laughed, which was often, her posteriors gave a just-perceptible upward leap — Robertson Davies >
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