| 释义 |
ass-backward, adv. and a. N. Amer. slang (orig. and chiefly U.S.).
Brit. |asˈbakwəd|, U.S. |ˌæsˈbækwərd|
[‹ ass n.2 + backward adv. Compare slightly earlier ass-backwards adv. With use as adjective, compare bass-ackward adj. and discussion s.v.]
A. adv. = ass-backwards adv.
1939Amer. Life Hist. (Federal Writers' Project, U.S.) (Unpublished transcript of interview with H. Partnow) 3 If ya kin read de writin on em stones in Greece, dat's where it's proved about Moo. Ya gotta read it ass backward. 1973N. Freedman Joshua 137 He got things done, but kind of ass-backward, if you know what I mean. 1999Vanity Fair Nov. 299/2 The planners have everything ass-backward.
B. adj. = ass-backwards adj.
1952R. Ellison Invisible Man vii. 118 We're an ass-backward people. 1986Adweek (Nexis) 12 May A Kludge..is an ass-backward way of making something work, like fixing the arithmetic program that produces ‘3 + 3 = 8’. 2001C. Benard Turning on Girls 151 It has to sound like a criticism but actually be a sort of ass-backward compliment. |