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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

back [bæk]
  1. 1. noun [of person] [ animal] 背部
  2. 2. noun [of hand] [ neck] [ legs] (not front) 背面
  3. 3. noun [of house] [ door] [ book] 后面
  4. 4. noun [of car] 后部
  5. 5. noun [of train] 尾部
  6. 6. noun [of chair] 靠背
  7. 7. noun [Soccer] (defender) 后卫
  8. 8. vt. [+candidate] [ plan] (support) 支持
    The union will back Mr Green.
    工会将支持格林先生。
  9. 9. vt. (financially) 资助
    The group is backed by big multinationals.
    该团体由大型的跨国公司资助。
  10. 10. vt. [+horse] [ team] (bet on) 下赌注于
    Did you back the winner?
    你是否赌赢家？
  11. 11. vt. [+car] (reverse) 倒
    She backed the car a few feet.
    她把车向后倒了几英尺。
  12. 12. vi. [person] [ car etc+] (reverse) 倒着行驶
    She backed out of the drive.
    她倒着行驶出车道。
  13. 13. adjective [+garden] [ door] [ room] [ wheels] 后面的
  14. 14. adjective [+payment] [ rent] 拖欠的
  15. 15. adverb (not forward) 向后
    Charlie glanced back.
    查理向后扫了一眼。
  16. 16. adverb to be back (returned) 回来
    He's back.
    他回来了。
  17. 17. adverb (when returning sth) 还
    She handed the knife back.
    她把刀还回来了。
    Can I have it back?
    我能要回它吗？
  18. 18. adverb (repetition) 回
    She stared back at me.
    她回瞪着我。
  19. 19. adverb (in the past) 以前
    The story starts back in 1950.
    故事开始于1950年。
  20. 20. adverb (away) 远离
    Keep back from the edge of the platform.
    站在远离站台边缘的地方。
    to do sth behind sb's back
    背着某人做某事
    to turn one's back on sb/sth
    [fig] 不理睬某人/某事
    to have one's back to the wall
    [fig] 陷入绝境
    to break the back of a job
    度过最艰难的时刻
    to take a back seat
    [fig] 把权利让与他人
    back and forth
    来回
    at the back (of)
    在(…的)后面
    back to front
    [esp BRIT] 前后倒置
    You've got your T-shirt on back to front.
    你把T恤衫前后穿反了。

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

back [bæk]
  1. 1. adverb 在原处；回到
    They went back to their seats after the fight ended.
    打完后他们回到了他们的座位上。
    She went back to her parents' house.
    她回到了她父母的房子里。
  2. 2. adverb 向后，往后
    Then he sat in a chair, drank more water and hung his head back.
    然后他做在椅子上，又喝了很多水，头仰到了椅子后面。
    He moved back.
    他向后移动。
  3. 3. adverb 回到原来的状态
    My life is back to normal after the pregnancy.
    我的生活在怀孕生子后又回到了正常状态。
    He went back to sleep.
    他又进入了梦乡。
  4. 4. adverb 回到原来的时间
    I wish I could go back in time and change everything.
    我希望我能够回到从前去改变过去的一切。
    Never look back.
    决不后退。
  5. 5. adverb 作为回复，作为答复
    She called you back, but you weren't here.
    她给你打回来了，但你不在。
    He wrote back three days later.
    他三天后回了信。
  6. 6. adverb 作为偿还，作为报复
    I'll give the money back to you.
    我将把钱还给你。
    I was kept in after school for talking back to the teacher.
    因为和老师顶嘴，放学后我被留了下来。
    He hit me and I hit him back.
    他打了我，我又进行还击打了他。
    We paid back everything we had borrowed.
    我们偿还了我们欠下的一切债务。
  7. 7. n.[c] 后背，背部
    He's lying on his back, looking asleep.
    他背躺着，看上去睡着了。
    His back was nicely tanned.
    他背部的皮肤晒成了好看的古铜色。
  8. 8. n.[c] 背面，反面
    The painter signed his name on the back of the painting.
    这个画家把他的名字签在了油画作品的后面。
    He wrote the date on the back of the photograph.
    他在照片的背面写上了日期。
  9. 9. n.[c] 后面，后部
    At the back of the room there is a boarded up doorway.
    房间的后面有个用模板隔开的门道。
    He stood at the back of the stage.
    他站在舞台的后面。
  10. 10. n.[c] [Soccer] 后卫
    He was a quality full back in the World Cup right now you'd swap him for almost anyone.
    他曾是世界杯上的优秀后卫，现在你会可以用他来代替任何人。
  11. 11. n.[c] 脊，脊椎
    I really hurt my back in the car accident.
    我在这次交通事故中确实伤到了后背。
    The fall broke his back.
    落下的东西砸断了他的脊骨。
  12. 12. n.[c] 书脊
    The books had gold lettering on their backs.
    这些书的背面封皮上有镀金文字。
  13. 13. n.[c] 衣服的背面
    She was wearing a very sexy backless dress.
    她穿了一件非常性感的露背衣服。
    They pinned a "kick me" sign on his back.
    他们在他的背上贴了一张“踢我”的标签。
  14. 14. n.[c] 靠背
    The back of the chair is adjustable.
    椅子的后背可以调整。
    The back of the dental chair was adjustable.
    牙科手术椅的靠背可以调整。
  15. 15. n.[c] [American Football] 后卫，四分卫
    The running back carried the ball up the field.
    橄榄球球后卫抱着球跑向前场。
  16. 16. adjective 后面的，后部的
    We have a very nice back garden.
    我们有一个非常漂亮的后花园。
  17. 17. adjective 身体后部的，后背的
    His back legs were badly broken and needed surgery.
    他的后腿严重骨折，需要动手术。
  18. 18. adjective 过去的，从前的
    A complete back series of this table is available on request.
    这种桌子的全部早期系列都会按需供应。
  19. 19. vt. 支持
    He backed the changes in the administration.
    他支持行政部门的改革。
    I backed Kennedy in 1960.
    我在1960年支持肯尼迪。
  20. 20. vi. 后退，倒退
    The girl was backing out very slowly.
    这个女孩慢慢地返回。
    The car backed up and hit the tree.
    汽车倒退时撞在了树上。
  21. 21. vt. 赞同，赞成，认可
    He will back this project at the next meeting.
    他将在下一次会议上支持该项目。
    I can't back this plan.
    我不能支持该计划。
  22. 22. vt. 使后退，使倒退
    The car was backing out of the driveway.
    轿车倒出了车道。
    Back the car into the parking spot.
    把车倒进停车场。
  23. 23. vt. 资助，给予财务上的支持
    He will back the company if the need arises.
    如果需要，他会为公司提供资金支持。
  24. 24. vt. 在……的后面
    The house backs the park.
    房子在公园的后面。
    My garage backs their yard.
    我的车库在他们的院子后面。
  25. 25. vt. 打赌，下赌注
    He is backing the home team to win the series.
    他下了赌注，赌主场球队赢得系列赛。
    Which horse are you backing?
    你为哪匹马下了赌注？
  26. 26. vi. 逆时针转向，逆转
    The kite backed in the direction of the blowing wind.
    风筝顺着风吹的方向在空中旋转。
    The wind backed.
    风向逆转了。
  27. 27. vi. 以……支持
    The lawyer backed his accusations with evidence.
    律师用证据来支持他的指控。
  28. 28. vt. 为……作后援，为……背书
    Their team was backed with a new defensive coordinator.
    他们球队由于新防守型队员的到来而得到了加强。

Collins English-English Dictionary

back [bæk]
  1. 1. n the posterior part of the human body, extending from the neck to the pelvis
  2. 2. n the corresponding or upper part of an animal
  3. 3. n the spinal column
  4. 4. n the part or side of an object opposite the front
  5. 5. n the part or side of anything less often seen or used
    the back of a carpet
    the back of a knife
  6. 6. n the part or side of anything that is furthest from the front or from a spectator
    the back of the stage
  7. 7. n the convex part of something
    the back of a hill
    the back of a ship
  8. 8. n something that supports, covers, or strengthens the rear of an object
  9. 9. n [ball games] a mainly defensive player behind a forward
  10. 10. n the position of such a player
  11. 11. n the part of a book to which the pages are glued or that joins the covers
  12. 12. n [Mining] the side of a passage or layer nearest the surface
  13. 13. n the earth between that level and the next
  14. 14. n the upper surface of a joist, rafter, slate, tile, etc, when in position - Compare bed
  15. 15. vb [mainly tr] [also intr] to move or cause to move backwards
  16. 16. vb to provide support, money, or encouragement for (a person, enterprise, etc)
  17. 17. vb to bet on the success of
    to back a horse
  18. 18. vb to provide with a back, backing, or lining
  19. 19. vb to provide with a music accompaniment
    a soloist backed by an orchestra
  20. 20. vb to provide a background for; be at the back of
    mountains back the town
  21. 21. vb to countersign or endorse
  22. 22. vb [Archaic] to mount the back of
  23. 23. vi. [intr; foll by on or onto] to have the back facing (towards)
    the house backs onto a river
  24. 24. vi. [intr] (of the wind) to change direction in an anticlockwise direction in the northern hemisphere and a clockwise direction in the southern - Compare veer
  25. 25. vi. [nautical] to position (a sail) so that the wind presses on its opposite side
  26. 26. adj [prenominal] situated behind
    a back lane
  27. 27. adj of the past
    back issues of a magazine
  28. 28. adj owing from an earlier date
    back rent
  29. 29. adj [chiefly US, Austral, and NZ] remote
    back country
  30. 30. adj (of a road) not direct
  31. 31. adj moving in a backward direction
    back current
  32. 32. adj [phonetics] of, relating to, or denoting a vowel articulated with the tongue retracted towards the soft palate, as for the vowels in English hard, fall, hot, full, fool
  33. 33. adv at, to, or towards the rear; away from something considered to be the front; backwards; behind
  34. 34. adv in, to, or towards the original starting point, place, or condition
    to go back home
    put the book back
    my headache has come back
  35. 35. adv in or into the past
    to look back on one's childhood
  36. 36. adv in reply, repayment, or retaliation
    to hit someone back
    pay back a debt
    to answer back
  37. 37. adv in check
    the dam holds back the water
  38. 38. adv in concealment; in reserve
    to keep something back
    to hold back information
  39. 39. adv See also back down back off back out back up
  40. 40. adv [Etymology] Old English bæc; related to Old Norse bak, Old Frisian bek, Old High German bah
back [bæk]
  1. 1. n a large tub or vat, esp one used by brewers
  2. 2. n [Etymology] C17: from Dutch bak tub, cistern, from Old French bac, from Vulgar Latin bacca (unattested) vessel for liquids
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Examples

Something very funny is going on back in London, we need to quickly get back there.
可疑的东西即将到达伦敦，我们需要尽快赶到那里。
The two boys stood back to back，ready to fight.
两个男孩背靠背，准备战斗。
I am a defender who usually plays at left back but can play anywhere along the back line.
我是一名后卫，通常的位置是左后方，但也可以在后卫线附近打球。
a back copy of a newspaper
过期报纸
a back step
退一步
to pay one back
偿还
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