| 单词 | posterior |
| 释义 | posterior (once / 2021 pages) 1adjn 2adj Use the adjective posterior to describe something that's in the back. It’s often used in anatomy — a posterior cerebral artery supplies blood to the back of the brain, and the tail is on the posterior of a fish. The prefix post means “after,” and things that are posterior come after the things in the front. The opposite of posterior is anterior, which refers to the front, usually of body parts. You can also use the word posterior to jokingly refer to the part of your body that you sit on — your backside. Posterior is also a formal way to say later in time. WORD FAMILYposterior: posteriority, posteriorly, posteriors USAGE EXAMPLESIs each line a separate model , or a bayesian posterior predictive distribution or chart junk. New York Times(Sep 29, 2016) Thank goodness “what Donald Trump thinks of your posterior” is not a qualification for the presidency of the United States. Washington Post(Oct 14, 2016) Now, he’s faced with a choice: save the United States or his own posterior. Salon(Sep 30, 2016) 1 1adj located at or near or behind a part or near the end of a structure Syn|Ant back, hind, hinder located at or near the back of an animal caudalsituated in or directed toward the part of the body from which the tail arises retralat or near or toward the posterior backrelated to or located at the back anterior of or near the head end or toward the front plane of a body frontalbelonging to the front part frontalof or adjacent to the forehead or frontal bone prefrontalanterior to a frontal structure frontrelating to or located in the front 2n the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on Syn|Hyper ass, backside, behind, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush body part any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity 3n a tooth situated at the back of the mouth 2Syn|Hyper back tooth tooth hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense adj coming at a subsequent time or stage the mood posterior to Syn later, ulterior subsequent following in time or order |
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