英汉词典

back 基本解释

• n. 后面；背部；靠背；足球等的后卫；书报等的末尾
• vt. 支持；后退；背书；下赌注
• vi. 后退；背靠；倒退
• adv. 以前；向后地；来回地；上溯
• adj. 后面的；过去的；拖欠的
• n. (Back)人名；(西、英、德、法、瑞典、捷)巴克

back 词态变化

back 中文词源

词源不详，可能来自拉丁词bacilum, 杆，指脊柱，竖背。与ridge, 山脊，横背相对应。

back 英文词源

back

back: [OE] Back goes back to a prehistoric West and North Germanic *bakam, which was represented in several pre-medieval and medieval Germanic languages: Old High German bah, for example, and Old Norse bak. In most of them, however, it has been ousted by relatives of English ridge, originally ‘spine’ (such as German rücken and Swedish rygg), and only English retains back.
=> bacon

back (n.)

Old English bæc "back," from Proto-Germanic *bakam (cognates: Old Saxon and Middle Dutch bak, Old Frisian bek), with no known connections outside Germanic. In other modern Germanic languages the cognates mostly have been ousted in this sense ib words akin to Modern English ridge (cognates: Danish ryg, German Rücken). Many Indo-European languages show signs of once having distinguished the horizontal back of an animal (or a mountain range) from the upright back of a human. In other cases, a modern word for "back" may come from a word related to "spine" (Italian schiena, Russian spina) or "shoulder, shoulder blade" (Spanish espalda, Polish plecy).

To turn (one's) back on (someone or something) "ignore" is from early 14c. Behind (someone's) back "clandestinely" is from late 14c. To know (something) like the back of one's hand, implying familiarity, is first attested 1893. The first attested use of the phrase is from a dismissive speech made to a character in Robert Louis Stevenson's "Catriona":

If I durst speak to herself, you may be certain I would never dream of trusting it to you; because I know you like the back of my hand, and all your blustering talk is that much wind to me.

The story, a sequel to "Kidnapped," has a Scottish setting and context, and the back of my hand to you was noted in the late 19th century as a Scottish expression meaning "I will have nothing to do with you" [see Longmuir's edition of Jamieson's Scottish dictionary]. In English generally, the back of (one's) hand has been used to imply contempt and rejection since at least 1300. Perhaps the connection of a menacing dismissal is what made Stevenson choose that particular anatomical reference.

back (v.)

late 15c., "to move (something) back," from back (adv.). Meaning "to support" (as by a bet) is first attested 1540s. Related: Backed; backing.

back (adj.)

Middle English, from back (n.) and back (adv.). Formerly with comparative backer (c. 1400), also backermore. To be on the back burner in the figurative sense is from 1960, from the image of a cook keeping a pot there to simmer while he or she works on another concoction at the front of the stove.

back (adv.)

late 14c., shortened from abak, from Old English on bæc "backwards, behind, aback" (see back (n.)). Adverbial phrase back and forth attested from 1814.

back 词组搭配

back 英文释义

1. the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine;

"his back was nicely tanned"

2. the side that goes last or is not normally seen;

"he wrote the date on the back of the photograph"

3. the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer;

"he stood at the back of the stage"

"it was hidden in the rear of the store"

4. (football) a person who plays in the backfield

5. the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord;

"the fall broke his back"

6. the front and back covering of a book;

"the book had a leather binding"

7. the part of a garment that covers your back;

"they pinned a `kick me' sign on his back"

8. a support that you can lean against while sitting;

"the back of the dental chair was adjustable"

9. the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage

back 同义词解析

back, uphold, support, sustain, advocate

这些动词均有"支持，支援，拥护"之意。

back： 通常指对论点、行动、事业等的强有力支持。

uphold： 既可指积极努力对陷入困境者的支持，也可指给某人在行动、道义或信仰上的支持。

support： 含义广泛，多指在道义上或物质上支持某人，也可指对某项事业的支持。

sustain： 侧重指连续不断的支持。

advocate： 多指通过写文章或发表演说等来支持或拥护，往往暗示提倡某事或为某事辩护。

back, backward, hind, behind

这些词均有"在后，向后"之意。

back： 作为副词或形容词时，强调所修饰物的位置以及动作运动方向。

backward： 可用于人或物，指向后的，落后的或迟钝的。

hind： 指成对并且分前后的东西的"后面的"。

behind： 指一物同它物相对的位置或场所。

back 双语例句

1. If you love life, life will love you back.

热爱生活，生活也会厚爱你。

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2. We'll go to a meeting in Birmingham and come straight back.

我们将去伯明翰参加会议，然后马上回来。

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3. The rescuers were beaten back by strong winds and currents.

救援人员因风浪太大而被迫中断工作。

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4. I'll report back the moment I have located him.

我一找到他就马上汇报。

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5. He ordered them to stack up pillows behind his back.

他命令他们把几个枕头叠放在自己的背后。

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back 实用场景例句

Two boys were in the street, tossing a baseball back and forth.

两个男孩在街上来来回回地投接棒球。

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I'm a few miles back from the border...

我距离边境数英里。

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Her hair was tied back...

她的头发扎了起来。

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The curtains were held back by tassels.

窗帘用穗子拢了起来。

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She lay back and stared at the ceiling...

她躺下盯着天花板。

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She leaned back in her chair and smiled.

她靠在椅背上，微笑起来。

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Nick looked back over his shoulder and then stopped, frowning...

尼克回头看了看，又皱着眉头停了下来。

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He called back to her.

他转身叫她。

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Meanwhile, back in London, Palace Pictures was collapsing...

与此同时，伦敦的皇宫影业公司也正在分崩离析。

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Later, back at home, the telephone rang.

随后，家里的电话响了。

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The story starts back in 1950, when I was five...

故事可以追溯到1950年，那时我才5岁。

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I was in St. Lucia back in January of this year...

今年1月份我在圣卢西亚。

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I thought back to the time in 1975 when my son was desperately ill...

我回想起1975年我儿子病得奄奄一息的那段时间。

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My mind flew back to stories I had heard about Vinnie.

我回想起曾听到过的关于文妮的那些传闻。

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He paced back and forth...

他来回踱步。

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Keep back from the edge of the platform...

请勿靠近站台边缘。

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Consensus politics could easily come back into fashion.

共识政治很可能再度兴起。

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Short skirts are back...

短裙又流行起来了。

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To come back to what I said in the Introduction, in the nineteenth century Spain was fully a part of Europe...

回到我在导言中所说的，19世纪的西班牙是欧洲整体的一部分。

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Can I come back to the question of policing once again?...

我能再回到维护治安的问题上来吗？

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If the phone rings say you'll call back after dinner...

如果有电话打来，就说你吃完饭再回电话。

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They wrote back to me and they told me that I didn't have to do it...

他们回信告诉我说不必那么做。

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Put it back in the freezer...

把它放回冰箱。

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The photographers drew back to let us view the body...

摄影师往后退开，好让我们查看尸体。

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She stepped back from the door expectantly...

她满怀期待地从门口退了回来。

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I went back to bed...

我回到床上。

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I'm due back in London by late afternoon...

我预计下午晚些时候回到伦敦。

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The rail company said it expected services to get slowly back to normal...

铁路公司表示，其运输服务将慢慢恢复正常。

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Denise hopes to be back at work by the time her daughter is one...

丹尼丝希望等女儿满周岁就回去工作。

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She handed the knife back...

她递还刀子。

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