| 释义 |
ass-backwards, adv. and a. N. Amer. slang (orig. and chiefly U.S.).
Brit. |asˈbakwədz|, U.S. |ˌæsˈbækwərdz|
[‹ ass n.2 + backwards adv. Compare bass-ackwards adv. and discussion s.v., and also slightly later ass-backward adv.]
A. adv. Backwards, back to front, the wrong way round; in a manner contrary to what is usual, expected, or logical.
[1893J. Salisbury Gloss. Words S.E. Worcs. Assud-backuds, hind before.] 1930H. W. Shoemaker Thirteen Hundred Old Time Words 7 Bass-ackwards, head over heels. 1937in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (at cited word), I have heard for years in the speech of less polished persons the word assbackwards as in ‘He put on his pants assbackwards’ or ‘You're doing that job assbackwards.’ 1958R. Gutwillig After Long Silence ii. xi. 185, I think you're going at this ass-backwards. 1988G. Naylor Mama Day 8 Everybody else in the country went on learning good English and calling things what they really was—in the dictionary and all that—while we kept on calling things ass-backwards. 1996Village Voice (Nexis) 18 June 22 It was clear I'd gotten the power grid ass-backwards. Even though she's the one in trouble, she looks beatific, while he looks beleaguered.
B. adj. Contrary to what is usual, expected, or logical; back-to-front, muddled, perverse.
1932R. Fisher Conjure-man Dies iii. 25 ‘If he isn't married, this over-absence of the feminine—well—it means something.’ ‘I still think it could mean women-hating. This other guess-work of yours sounds all bass-ackwards to me.’ 1955W. Gaddis Recognitions v. 197 What kind of an ass-backwards Catholic are you? 1980J. Simpson in J. McLeod Oxf. Bk. Canad. Polit. Anecdotes (1988) 253 When you look at the Conservative commercials, the subject is Trudeau. That's really an ass-backwards way to advertise. We're proud of our leader. 2002Calgary Jrnl. (Nexis) 26 Feb. a4, I argue that politics is meaningful while sports is mindless entertainment—which he vigorously insists is an ass-backwards view of life's true priorities. |