Backname

• 1

  A surname.

• 2

  A settlement on the Isle of Lewis, Western Isles council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NB4840).

backadj詞源 1/bæk/

• 1

  At or near the rear.

  • Go in the back door of the house.
  • Nothing was too small to receive attention, if a supervising eye could suggest improvements likely to conduce to the common welfare. Mr. Gordon Burnage, for instance, personally visited dust-bins and back premises, accompanied by a sort of village bailiff, going his round like a commanding officer doing billets.
• 2

  Returned or restored to a previous place or condition.

  • He was on vacation, but now he’s back.
  • The office fell into chaos when you left, but now order is back.
• 3

  Not current.

  • I’d like to find a back issue of that magazine.
• 4

  Situated away from the main or most frequented areas.

  • They took a back road.
  • He lives out in the back country.
• 5

  In arrears; overdue.

  • They still owe three months’ back rent.
  • Several of the former Hotel York workers have filed with the California Labor Division to collect what they feel is owed them in the way of back overtime.
• 6

  Moving or operating backward.

  • back action
• 7

  human-scienceslinguisticsphoneticsPronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the back of the mouth, near the soft palate (most often describing a vowel).

  • The vowel of lot has a back vowel in most dialects of England.

backadv詞源 1/bæk/

• 1

  To or in a previous condition or place.

  • He gave back the money.
  • I left my mobile phone back at the hotel. I’ll have to go back and get it.
• 2

  In a direction opposite to that in which someone or something is facing or normally pointing.

  • Someone pushed me in the chest and I fell back.
  • The grandfather clock toppled back and crashed to the ground.
• 3

  In a direction opposite to the usual or desired direction of movement or progress, physically or figuratively.

  • Wind the film back a few frames.
  • Don’t forget to put the clocks back by one hour tonight!
• 4

  Towards, into or in the past.

  • These records go back years.
  • He built a time machine and travelled back to 1800.
• 5

  Away from someone or something; at a distance.

  • Keep back! It could explode at any moment!
• 6

  Away from the front or from an edge (of something or someone).

  • Sit all the way back in your chair.
  • Step back from the curb.
• 7

  So as to shrink, recede or move aside, or cause to do so.

  • This tree is dying back.
  • Clear back all this vegetation.
• 8

  In a manner that impedes.

  • Fear held him back.

backnoun詞源 1/bæk/

• 1

  The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.

  • Could you please scratch my back?
  • It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick. As one sat on the sward behind the elm, with the back turned on the rick and nothing in front but the tall elms and the oaks in the other hedge, it was quite easy to fancy it the verge of the prairie with the backwoods close by.
• 2

  The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.

  • I hurt my back lifting those crates.
• 3

  slangThe rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.

  • Take the average black man and ask him that. She gotta pack much back.
  • He got his hand on her behind and caressed her firm, ample flesh.[…]“You got some back on you, girl.”
• 4

  The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.

  • I still need to finish the back of your dress.
• 5

  The rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.

  • Can you fix the back of this chair?
• 6

  obsoleteThe rear of the body, especially the part between the neck and the end of the spine and opposite the chest and belly.

  • Do thou but think / What ’tis to cram a maw or clothe a back / From such a filthy vice
• 7

  That which is farthest away from the front.

  • He sat in the back of the room.
• 8

  That which is farthest away from the front.

  • Turn the book over and look at the back.

backverb詞源 1/bæk/

• 1

  To go in the reverse direction.

  • The train backed into the station.
  • The horse refuses to back.
• 2

  To support.

  • I back you all the way.
  • Which horse are you backing in this race?
• 3

  nauticaltransportTo change direction contrary to the normal pattern; that is, to shift anticlockwise in the northern hemisphere, or clockwise in the southern hemisphere.

• 4

  nauticaltransportTo brace the yards so that the wind presses on the front of the sail, to slow the ship.

• 5

  nauticaltransportTo lay out a second, smaller anchor to provide additional holding power.

• 6

  To stand still behind another dog which has pointed.

• 7

  To push or force backwards.

  • to back oxen
  • The mugger backed her into a corner and demanded her wallet.
• 8

  obsoleteTo get upon the back of; to mount.

  • I will back him [a horse] straight.
  • The horse was the grey stallion he aye rode, the very beast he had ridden for many a wager with the wild lads of the Cross Keys. No man but himself durst back it, and it had lamed many a hostler lad and broke two necks in its day.

backnoun詞源 2/bæk/

• 1

  A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc.

• 2

  A ferryboat.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

• backstroke