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单词 backward
释义
Backward
adjadj.alldirected or facing toward the back or rear
Examples:
  • a backward view
Antonyms:forward
Inherited Hypernyms:backward
Similar to:backswept sweptback cacuminal retroflex converse reversed transposed inverse reverse rearward reverse receding reflexive self-referent regardant retracted retral retrograde retroflex retroflexed returning reversive
See also:regressive retrospective
adjadj.all(used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature
Examples:
  • a backward lover
Antonyms:forward
Inherited Hypernyms:backward
Similar to:bashful blate
See also:timid
adj satadj.allretarded in intellectual development
Domain Usage:archaicismarchaism
Synset:feebleminded half-witted slow-witted
Antonyms:precocious
Derivationally Related Form:slow-wittednessfeeblemindednessbackwardness
Inherited Hypernyms:backward
Similar to:retarded
adj satadj.allhaving made less than normal progress
Examples:
  • an economically backward country
Antonyms:dynamic
Inherited Hypernyms:backward
Similar to:adynamic undynamic
advadv.allat or to or toward the back or rear
Synset:back backwards rearward rearwards
Examples:
  • he moved back
  • tripped when he stepped backward
  • she looked rearward out the window of the car
Antonyms:forward
Inherited Hypernyms:back
advadv.allin a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal
Synset:backwards
Examples:
  • it's easy to get the 'i' and the 'e' backward in words like 'seize' and 'siege'
  • the child put her jersey on backward
Inherited Hypernyms:backward
advadv.allin or to or toward a past time
Synset:back
Examples:
  • set the clocks back an hour
  • never look back
  • lovers of the past looking fondly backward
Antonyms:aheadforward
Inherited Hypernyms:back
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