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单词 rear-end
释义

rear1 /rēr/

noun
  1. The back or hindmost part or position, esp of an army or fleet
  2. A position behind
  3. The buttocks (euphemistic)
  4. A public or school, etc lavatory (also in pl; slang)
adjective
  1. Placed behind
  2. Hinder
transitive verb (Bunyan)

To attack in the rear

ORIGIN: Aphetic for arrear; also partly from OFr rere (Fr arrière)

rearˈmost adjective

  1. Last of all
  2. Nearest the back

rearˈward or rereˈward adjective

In or toward the rear

adverb
  1. Backward
  2. At the back
noun (archaic)
  1. Rear
  2. Rearguard (partly from Anglo-Fr rerewarde)

rear admiral noun

An officer next below a vice-admiral, orig one in command of the rear

rearˈ-arch, rearˈ-dorse, rearˈ-dos, rearˈ-dorter see under rere-

rearˈ-endˈ transitive verb

To hit the rear of (another motor vehicle) with the front of one's own vehicle

rearˈguard noun

  1. (OFr rereguarde) the rear of an army
  2. A body of troops protecting it

adjective

  1. From a defensive or losing position
  2. From the rear, as characteristic of a rearguard

rear lamp or rear light noun

A light attached to the back of a vehicle

rearˈ-rank noun

rear-view mirror noun

A mirror that shows what is behind a vehicle

rearˈ-wheel drive noun

A system in which the driving power of a vehicle is transmitted to the rear wheels

bring up the rear

To come last (in a procession, etc)

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