| 单词 | behind |
| 释义 | behind (once / 24 pages) 1advadj 2n When one thing is behind another, it's at the rear or the far side of it, possibly even hidden by it. Your shy dog might tend to stand behind you when you meet a friend on your walk. When the sun hides behind a cloud, the cloud is in front of it, and when there's fear lurking behind your cheerful smile, the grin is disguising, or covering, your anxiety. Behind can also mean "supporting," as when you're a hundred percent behind your sister's campaign for school president; or "lagging," as when you say: "Slow down! I'm way behind in this race!" Finally, behind is a gentle slang term for "buttocks." WORD FAMILYbehind: behinds USAGE EXAMPLESIt worked: Karjakin got behind on time and flailed about looking for counterplay, but the bind proved strong. Slate(Dec 01, 2016) “The motivations behind the recount are questionable and ultimately costly,” Tom Evenson, a spokesman, said in an email. New York Times(Dec 01, 2016) “College sport remains behind professional sports regarding opportunities for women and people of color for the top jobs,” Lapchick said. Seattle Times(Dec 01, 2016) 1 1adv in or to or toward the rear he followed behind seen from behind, the house is more imposing than it is from the front the final runners were far behind 2adv in or into an inferior position fell behind in his studies their business was lagging behind in the competition for customers 3adv remaining in a place or condition that has been left or departed from when he died he left much unfinished work behind left a large family behind the children left their books behind he took off with a squeal of tires and left the other cars far behind 4adv of timepieces my watch is running behind Syn slow 5adv in debt he fell behind with his mortgage payments a month behind in the rent Syn behindhand, in arrears 6adj having the lower score or lagging position in a contest 2behind by two points Syn down being or moving lower in position or less in some value n the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on Syn|Hyper ass, backside, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, 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 |
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