| 单词 | on, upon the back |
| 释义 | > as lemmason, upon the back (of) e. on, upon the back (of): (position) behind, in the rear (obsolete): (motion) close behind. 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 the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > following behind > [phrase] > following closely at (also on, upon, in) a person's heelsc1300 at the back ofc1430 on, upon the back (of)1614 1614 in W. Camden Remaines (ed. 2) 233 On the backe, they make men seeme women. 1658 tr. J. Ussher Ann. World 437 Upon the back of these came a thousand. 1663 S. Patrick Parable of Pilgrim As soon as they had the house on their backs and were come into the open air. 1734 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) III. 564 Several of the Inhabitants on the back of our Mountains. 1783 E. Burke Speech Fox's E. India Bill in Wks. (1842) I. 293 Another reform has since come upon the back of the first. 1885 N.E.D. at Back Mod. The child took the measles, and then on the back of that came scarlatina. < as lemmas |
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