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单词 backroom
释义

backroom

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adjective

back·​room ˈbak-ˈrüm How to pronounce backroom (audio)
-ˈru̇m
variants or back-room
: made or operating in an inconspicuous way : behind-the-scenes
backroom deals
a backroom politician

back room

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noun

1
: a room situated in the rear
2
: the meeting place of a directing group that exercises its authority in an inconspicuous and indirect way

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
Pascal Planque, Mike Stowell and new first team coach Adam Sadler complete the new-look Foxes backroom staff for the upcoming season. SI.com, 1 July 2018 After five months of backroom horse-trading and all-night arm twisting, Angela Merkel faces one last obstacle to achieving a stable government in her fourth term as German chancellor. Griff Witte, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2018
Noun
Which is what led to them going in the back room and getting the [3D renderings of Henry, One and Vecna]. Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 July 2022 In 2018, he was elected prime minister — a victory many of his rivals attributed to a back room deal struck with the military. New York Times, 9 Apr. 2022 Vienna finds Johnny drinking alone in the middle of the night in a back room of the saloon. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2022 In the second, a then-20-year-old college student alleged Roethlisberger exposed himself in the back room of a Milledgeville, Georgia, bar and then followed her into a bathroom and raped her. Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2022 Peterson said the bar would also be a spot for Wisconsin sports viewing with televisions behind the bar and additional screens in the back room. Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2022 Red has them all in the back room as if somehow in miniature. Peter Christopher, Harper’s Magazine , 20 July 2022 About 10 shoppers ran into the back room while the other manager locked the doors. Stephanie Casanova, chicagotribune.com, 26 Mar. 2022 Brands was one of many members of the sporting side of the club—including managers, coaches and technical staff—to leave in recent times amid what has been a haphazard, ineffective and expensive approach to recruiting players and back room staff. James Nalton, Forbes, 2 July 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1911, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1592, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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