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*back¹ /bæk; bæk/
n
1 [C]
a) the part of your body between the back of your shoulders and your bottom 背部，背脊:
My back was really aching. 我的背部很疼。
b) the bones that go from your neck to your bottom 脊骨，脊椎:
He broke his back in a motorcycle accident. 他在一次摩托车事故中摔断了脊椎骨。
2 [C, usually singular 一般用单数] the part of something that is furthest from or behind the direction that it faces 后面，后部:
the back of We climbed into the back of the truck. 我们爬进卡车的后部。
Joe's somewhere at the back of the hall. 乔在大厅后面的某个地方。
in back of AmE (=where the back of something is) 【美】 在…后面: The pool's in back of the house. 水池在屋后。
out back AmE (=behind a building) 【美】 在屋后: Tom's working on the car out back. 汤姆在屋后为那辆车子忙着。
→ opposite 反义词 FRONT¹
3 the part of a seat that you rest your back against when you are sitting 椅背:
the back of He rested his arm on the back of the sofa. 他把手臂搁在沙发的靠背上。
4 back to front BrE in a position so that the front is where the back should be 【英】 前后倒置:
You've got your sweater on back to front. 你把毛衣前后穿反了。
5 behind sb's back without someone knowing, especially about something unkind you are saying about them 背着某人，背地里〔尤指说别人坏话〕:
They're always talking about her behind her back. 他们老在背后议论她。
6 be at/in the back of your mind if something is at the back of your mind, you are always thinking about it a little 〔某事〕萦绕于心中:
There was always a slight fear in the back of his mind. 他心中总有一丝害怕。
7 get off my back! spoken said when you want someone to stop telling you to do something 【口】 别啰嗦了！:
I'll do it in a minute. Just get off my back! 我会马上做这件事。别再啰嗦了！
8 be on sb's back spoken to keep telling someone to do something, or to keep criticizing them, so they get annoyed 【口】 硬要某人做〔某事〕; 责怪某人:
The boss has been on my back about being late. 老板总责怪我迟到。
9 have your back to/against the wall informal to be in a very difficult situation 【非正式】 被逼得走投无路; 陷入绝境
→ see also 另见 turn your back on (TURN¹)
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