| 单词 | in rear of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin (also at, †within) (the) rear of b. in (also at, †within) (the) rear of: at the back of, behind. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > position at the back > at the back of or behind [preposition] afterOE in (also on) the rearward of1591 in (also at, within) (the) rear of1604 on, upon the back (of)1614 back of1694 rearward1778 behind1882 in back ofa1910 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. iii. 34 Feare it Ophelia,..And keepe you in the reare of your affection. View more context for this quotation 1642 R. M. Compl. Schoole of Warre sig. A3v Half of the Muskettiers to be in the Reare of the Pikes. a1722 J. Lauder Decisions (1759) I. 14 Ordinarily Mr. Gideon was in the rear of all their [sc. witches'] dances, and beat up those that were slow. 1815 W. H. Ireland Scribbleomania 13 Slush from the ditch that's in rear of the mountain. 1886 Law Times 81 59/2 The houses were built in 1877. At the rear of them was a 9-inch sewer. 1917 E. R. Burroughs Princess of Mars xvi. 186 I grasped the sill of a second-story window which I thought to be in the rear of her apartment. 1955 W. G. Hardy Alberta Golden Jubilee Anthol. 169 One outrider holds back the team of horses fighting to be on its way. Another throws the stove in the rear of the chuckwagon. 1997 Sunday Times 26 Oct. (Sports section) 16/4 His acceleration..took him from a position at the rear of the field to ease past rivals of the highest class. 2001 B. Howard Virginia Handbk. 87 The grounds at the rear of the mansion have been restored to resemble their colonial appearance. < as lemmas |
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