释义 |
rear2 /rēr/ transitive verb- To raise, cause or help to rise
- To set up or upright
- To originate, to bring into being (Spenser)
- To erect
- To build up
- To lift up or off
- To hold up
- To take up
- To take away (Spenser)
- To bring up
- To breed and foster
- To rouse, stir up (now dialect)
- To drive (a hunted animal) from cover (obsolete)
intransitive verb- To rise up, tower (often with up)
- (of a quadruped) to rise on the hindlegs
- To be roused suddenly to anger, etc (figurative)
ORIGIN: OE rǣran to raise, causative of rīsan to rise rearˈer noun rearˈhorse noun A praying mantis (from its stance) rear its ugly head (figurative) (of a question, situation, etc) to arise unwelcomely |