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• back   /bæk/ DJ   /bæk/ KK
  • noun
    • （人体或动物的）背部，背；腰背 the part of the human body that is on the opposite side to the chest, between the neck and the tops of the legs; the part of an animal's body that corresponds to this
      • 你睡觉是仰着还是躺着？ Do you sleep on your back or your front?
      • 他背对着门站着。 He stood with his back to the door.
      • 他们双手被反剪起来。 They had their hands tied behind their backs.
      • 背痛 back pain
      • 背部按摩 a back massage
      • 一个小男孩骑在大象背上。 A small boy rode on the elephant's back.
      • See also:
        bareback;   horseback;   body
    • 脊柱；脊梁骨 the row of bones in the middle of the back
      • See also:
        backbone Synonym;   spine Synonym
      • 她在一次骑马事故中摔断了脊梁骨。 She broke her back in a riding accident.
      • 他搬大木箱时脊椎脱了臼。 He put his back out (=dislocated something in his back) lifting the crates.
    • 后部；后面；末尾 the part or area of something that is furthest from the frontusually singular ~ (of sth)
      • 我们只能找到后排的座位。 We could only get seats at the back (= of the room).
      • 我从抽屉尽里头找到一些旧照片。 I found some old photos at the back of the drawer.
      • 他被子弹击中了腘窝。 He was shot in the back of the knee.
      • 后排有可容三人的空位。 There's room for three people in the back.British English
      • 后排有可容三人的空位。。 There's room for three people in back.American English
      • 房屋正面有三间卧室，后面两间。 The house has three bedrooms at the front and two at the back.
      • 请到屋子后面看看花园。 If you'd like to come round the back (= to the area behind the house), I'll show you the garden.British English
      • See also:
        hardback;   paperback;   short back and sides
    • （文件等的）背面 the part of a piece of paper, etc. that is on the opposite side to the one that has information or the most important information on itusually singular ~ (of sth)
      • 把你的名字写在支票背面。 Write your name on the back of the cheque.
    • （书等的）最后几页，末尾 the last few pages of a book, etc.usually singular ~ (of sth)
      • 电视节目指南在报纸的末尾。 The television guide is at the back of the paper.
    • （椅子等的）靠背 the part of a chair, etc. against which you lean your back
    • （家具）…靠背的 used to describe furniture which has the type of back mentioned
      • 高靠背沙发 a high-backed sofa
    • 足球、曲棍球等 in football, hockey, etc. 后卫 a player whose main role is to defend their team's goal
      • See also:
        forward;   fullback;   halfback
    • Idiom:
      at/in the back of your mind
      • 在潜意识里；依稀记得 if a thought, etc. is at the back of your mind, you are aware of it but it is not what you are mainly thinking about
    • Idiom:
      the back of beyond informal
      • 偏僻地方；边远地区 a place that is a long way from other houses, towns, etc.
    • Idiom:
      back to back
      • 背靠背；背对背 if two people stand back to back, they stand with their backs facing or touching each other
        • See also:
          back-to-back
      • 接连地；接二连三 if two or more things happen back to back, they happen one after the other
    • Idiom:
      back to front British English
      • （衣服）前后颠倒（或穿反） if you put on a piece of clothing back to front, you make a mistake and put the back where the front should be
        • 我觉得你把毛衣前后穿反了。 I think you've got that sweater on back to front.
        • See also:
          inside out;   inside
        • Variant:
          backwards American English
    • Idiom:
      be glad, etc. to see the back of somebody/something informal, especially British English
      • 庆幸终于摆脱不喜欢的人（或事物） to be happy that you will not have to deal with or see somebody/something again because you do not like them
        • 真高兴不会再见到她了！ Was I pleased to see the back of her!
    • Idiom:
      behind somebody's back
      • 背着某人；背地里；私下 without somebody's knowledge or permission
        • 你们是不是在背后说我的闲话？ Have you been talking about me behind my back?
        • 他们径自背着我把它卖了。 They went ahead and sold it behind my back.
        • See also:
          to somebody's face
    • Idiom:
      be on somebody's back informal
      • 缠磨；烦扰 to keep asking or telling somebody to do something that they do not want to do, in a way that they find annoying
    • Idiom:
      break the back of something
      • 完成（任务等）的主要部份 to finish the largest or most important part of a task
    • Idiom:
      get/put somebody's back up informal
      • 惹恼 to annoy somebody
        • 那种态度实在叫我恼火！ That sort of attitude really gets my back up!
    • Idiom:
      get off somebody's back informal
      • 不再烦扰某人（如停止批评或缠磨等） to stop annoying somebody, for example by criticizing them, or asking them to do something
        • 请别烦我了好吗！ Just get off my back, will you!
    • Idiom:
      have your back to the wall informal
      • 处于背水一战的境地；没有退路 to be in a difficult situation in which you are forced to do something but are unable to make the choices that you would like
    • Idiom:
      off the back of a lorry British English, informal, humorous
      • （指货物等）来路不明 goods that fell off the back of a lorry were probably stolen. People say or accept that they came off the back of a lorry to avoid saying or asking where they really came from.
    • Idiom:
      on the back of something
      • 由于（某项成就） as a result of an achievement or a success
        • 利润增长来自百分之二十六的销售额增长。 The profits growth came on the back of a 26 per cent rise in sales.
    • Idiom:
      (flat) on your back informal
      • 因病卧床；卧病 in bed because you are ill/sick
        • 她卧病有一个多星期了。 She's been flat on her back for over a week now.
        • （当时）英国的市场十分不景气。 The UK market was flat on its back(= business was very bad).figurative
    • Idiom:
      put your back into something
      • 全力以赴 to use a lot of effort and energy on a particular task
    • Idiom:
      turn your back
      • 扭头；转身 to turn so that you are facing in the opposite direction
    • Idiom:
      turn your back on somebody/something
      • 转身背对某人（或某物） to move so that you are standing or sitting with your back facing somebody/something
        • 在舞台上尽量不要背对观众。 When on stage, try not to turn your back on the audience.
      • 背弃；抛弃 to reject somebody/something that you have previously been connected with
        • 他们需要她的时候，她却背弃了他们。 She turned her back on them when they needed her.
    • See also:
      have eyes in the back of your head;   know somebody/something like the back of your hand;   a pat on the back;   pat somebody/yourself on the back;   push something to the back of your mind;   make a rod for your own back;   you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours;   the shirt off somebody's back;   a stab in the back;   stab somebody in the back;   the straw that breaks/broke the camel's back;   (like) water off a duck's back
  • adjective
    • 背后的；后面的 situated behind or at the back of somethingonly before noun
      • 后门 the back door
      • 我们坐在后排。 We were sitting in the back row.
      • 臼齿 back teeth
      • 后室（位于建筑物后部） a back room (= one at the back of a building)
      • 报纸最末一页 the back page of a newspaper
      • See also:
        front
    • 过去的；旧时的 of or from a past timeonly before noun
      • 一份过期杂志 a back number of the magazine
    • 到期未付的；拖欠的 owed for a time in the pastonly before noun
      • 欠薪╱税╱租金 back pay/taxes/rent
    • Idiom:
      by/through the back door
      • 走后门（通过不正当或间接方法） in an unfair or indirect way
        • 他利用朋友们帮他走后门，进入政府部门任职。 He used his friends to help him get into the civil service by the back door.
        • See also:
          back-door
    • Idiom:
      on the back burner informal
      • 把主意、计划等 of an idea, a plan, etc. 暂时搁置 left for the present time, to be done or considered later
        • See also:
          on the front burner
  • adverb
    • 向后；在后；在背面 away from the front or centre; behind you
      • 我退后一步给他们让路。 I stepped back to let them pass.
      • 靠椅背坐好，放松放松。 Sit back and relax.
      • 你把头发往后梳了。 You've combed your hair back.
      • 他转身向后望。 He turned and looked back.
      • 赛跑快结束时她落后了。 She fell back towards the end of the race.
      • See also:
        forward Antonym
    • 与（某物）有距离 at a distance away from something
      • 障碍物没能拦住人群。 The barriers failed to keep the crowds back.
      • 站远点儿，给我腾出些地方。 Stand back and give me some room.
    • 控制住；忍住 under control; prevented from being expressed or coming out
      • 他再也无法控制住眼泪。 He could no longer hold back his tears.
    • 回原处；恢复原状 to or into the place, condition, situation or activity where somebody/something was before
      • 把书放回书架上。 Put the book back on the shelf.
      • 请把我的球还给我。 Please give me my ball back.
      • 他星期一回来。 He'll be back (= will return) on Monday.
      • 我步行往返要花一个小时。 It takes me an hour to walk there and back.
      • 你能不能回到故事的开头？ Could you go back to the beginning of the story?
      • 她醒了片刻又睡了。 She woke up briefly and then went back to sleep.
      • 我们回到了起点，只是这次一点钱也没有。 We were right back where we started, only this time without any money.
    • 以前 in or into the past; ago
      • 这个村子的历史可追溯至中世纪。 The village has a history going back to the Middle Ages.
      • 她十一月份已经离开了。 She left back in November.
      • 那是几年以前的事。 That was a few years back.
    • 在曾去过（或提到过）的地方；在前面 at a place previously left or mentioned
      • 我们在五公里之前就该左拐的。 We should have turned left five kilometres back.
      • 在家中，她的父母很担心。 Back at home, her parents were worried.
      • 我急不可待想赶回家。 I can't wait to get back home.
    • 回报；回答 in return or reply
      • 他要是踢我，我就踢他。 If he kicks me, I'll kick him back.
      • 请稍后再打电话来好吗？ Could you call back later, please?
    • Idiom:
      back and forth
      • 反复来回 from one place to another and back again repeatedly
        • 往返于那个岛屿和大陆之间的渡船 ferries sailing back and forth between the island and the mainland
    • Idiom:
      back of something American English, informal
      • 在某物的背后（或背面） behind something
        • 位于教堂后面的房屋 the houses back of the church
    • See also:
      come back/down to earth
  • verb
    • （使）后退，倒退 to move or make something move backwardsVN + adv./prep.
      • 他退到墙边，惊恐万分。 He backed against the wall, terrified.V
      • 若不能开车正面驶入，不妨倒车进去。 If you can't drive in forwards, try backing it in.VN
      • See also:
        reverse
    • 帮助；支持 to give help or support to somebody/somethingVN
      • 她父母支持她的职业选择。 Her parents backed her in her choice of career.
      • 医生们对提高烟草税计划给予了支持。 Doctors have backed plans to raise the tax on cigarettes.
      • 经济改革方案得到了外援资助。 The programme of economic reform is backed(= supported financially)by foreign aid.
      • 得到联合国支持的和平计划 a United Nations-backed peace plan
    • 下赌注于（赛马、参赛队伍等） to bet money on a horse in a race, a team in a competition, etc.VN
      • 我押对了赌注，赢了五十英镑。 I backed the winner and won fifty pounds.
    • 伴奏；伴唱 to play or sing music that supports the main singer or instrumentVN
      • See also:
        backing
    • （用某物）在…背后加固，给…加背衬 to cover the back of something in order to support or protect itVN ~ sth (with sth) usually passive
    • 位于（某物）的后面 to be situated behind somethingVN usually passive British English
      • 房子的后面是田野。 The house is backed by fields.
    • Idiom:
      back the wrong horse British English
      • 下错赌注（支持了失败的一方或事情） to support somebody/something that is not successful
    • Phrasal:
      back away (from somebody/something)
      • 退避，躲避（可怕的或讨厌的事物）；避免（做讨厌的事） to move away backwards from something that is frightening or unpleasant; to avoid doing something that is unpleasant
    • Phrasal:
      back down (on/from something)
      • 放弃（别人强烈反对的要求、主张等）；认输 to take back a demand, an opinion, etc. that other people are strongly opposed to; to admit defeat
        • 她在一个原则问题上拒绝让步。 She refused to back down on a point of principle.
        • Variant:
          back off American English
    • Phrasal:
      back off (from something)
      • 放过（某人）；放弃（某事） to move away from somebody, especially in order to stop threatening or annoying them or to avoid a difficult situation
        • 政府已经放弃对该体制的根本改革。 The government has backed off from a fundamental reform of the system.
        • 走开点！没必要对我大喊大叫。 Back off! There's no need to yell at me.
    • Phrasal:
      back onto something British English
      • 建筑物 of a building 背向；背靠 to have something directly behind it
        • 我们的房子背向河流。 Our house backs onto the river.
    • Phrasal:
      back out (of something)
      • 退出；撒手 to decide that you are no longer going to take part in something that has been agreed
        • 他失去了信心，在最后一刻退出了协议。 He lost confidence and backed out of the deal at the last minute.
    • Phrasal:
      back up;   back something↔up
      • 后退；倒（车） to move backwards, especially in a vehicle
        • 你可以再退两英尺左右。 You can back up another two feet or so.
        • 我把车倒到门前。 I backed the car up to the door.
    • Phrasal:
      back somebody/something↔up
      • 支持；证实（某人所言） to support somebody/something; to say that what somebody says, etc. is true
        • 如果他们不相信你，我会为你作证。 I'll back you up if they don't believe you.
    • Phrasal:
      back something↔up
      • 给（文件、程序等）做备份；备份 to prepare a second copy of a file, program, etc. that can be used if the main one fails or needs extra supportcomputing
        • See also:
          back-up
      • 支持；支援 to provide support for somebody/something
        • 反叛者以恐吓手段要挟。 The rebels backed up their demands with threats.
        • 由一组护士辅助的两名医生 two doctors backed up by a team of nurses
        • See also:
          back-up

English dictionary

• back
  • The rear surface of the human body from the shoulders to the hips
  • The corresponding upper surface of an animal's body
  • The spine of a person or animal

Related phrases

• back bench
  （英国下院的）后座议员席，普通议员席
• back issue
  过期的报纸（或杂志）
• back room
  后室；密室
• back seat
  （车辆的）后座
• back-to-back
  连排式房屋（侧面和背面相连接）
• back-formation
  逆向构词，逆构词， 逆成字 （将已存在的词通过去除或改变其前缀或后缀构成新词。如 cheeseburger 由 hamburger 一词逆构而成）
• centre back
  足球及其他一些运动 中后卫；中后卫位置
• back-check
  1. (已完成工作之)检查    2. 查验
• back-order
  订(期货)
• answer back,  answer somebody back
  顶嘴；回嘴；还嘴

Related languages

• back is also a word in: Deutsch

Synonyms

• adjective: rear, hind, rearward, hinder, posterior
• verb: support, uphold, sustain
• noun: rear, reverse
• adverb: behind

Web translations

Usage examples

• From the lips of Barack Obama: "I want everybody to be very clear," he said. "The United States is going to be unwavering in support of Israel's security and we are going to push back against these kinds of terrorist activities. And so the...
  Sep 6, 2010 -  Benjamin Netanyahu -  Salem-News.Com
• In an interview today on CBS' "Early Show," Labor Secretary Hilda Solis said today's proposal will "put construction workers, welders, electricians back to work."
  Sep 6, 2010 -  Hilda Solis -  KTUU
• "I was on the big stage again," said Ivanovic, whose ranking dropped to 65th in July but now is back up to 40th. "Lots of emotions came back, and I just felt a little slow and just a little bit out of it."
  Sep 5, 2010 -  Ana Ivanovic -  The Associated Press

Web definitions

• • be behind; approve of; "He plumped for the Labor Party"; "I backed Kennedy in 1960"
    
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• • travel backward; "back into the driveway"; "The car backed up and hit the tree"
    
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• • the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine; "his back was nicely tanned"
    
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