| 单词 | back of |
| 释义 | > as lemmasback of 15. back of: back from, behind. (Esp. in U.S.). Cf. in back of at back n.1 23g. 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 1694 in Cal. Virginia State Papers (1875) I. 44 We Ranged on Ackoquane and so back of the Inhabitants and ye So[u]th. 1755 L. Evans Geogr. Ess. 15 If the French settle back of us, the English must either submit to them, or have their throats cut. 1755 L. Evans Geogr. Ess. 16 If we secure the Country back of Carolina in time. 1776 in Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. (1884) XXI. 231 Said Braish shall build a wharff back of the old wharff. 1779 E. Parkman Diary 119 The work of straightning the Road through my land back of the Meeting House. 1823 G. W. Ogden Lett. from West 76 The uplands back of the Oak Hills of the Ohio river. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast ix. 70 The mission stands a little back of the town. 1857 R. Tomes Americans in Japan iii. 83 The country which stretches back of Shanghai. 1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth of Lang. viii. 143 Another earlier designation of a more or less kindred conception lay back of it. 1875 E. H. Sears Serm. & Songs 287 The home lies back of the Sunday School. 1899 Westm. Gaz. 3 May 3/2 He has ideas back of his words. 1948 E. Pound Pisan Cantos lxxx. 84 In the shade back of the jo-house. 1953 M. Laski Victorian Chaise Longue 21 No one could live there, back of the railways, down by the canal. < as lemmas |
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