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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

rear [rɪər]
  1. 1. adjective [+end] [ entrance] (back) 后面的
  2. 2. noun [s] (back) 后面
  3. 3. noun [c] [inf] (buttocks) 臀部
  4. 4. vt. [+cattle] [ chickens] (raise) 饲养[美 = raise]
  5. 5. vt. [+family] [ children] 抚养
  6. 6. vi. [horse+] (also: rear up) 用后腿站立

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

rear [rɪər]
  1. 1. n.[u] [Military] 后卫部队后方部队
    Some fled among the riverside willows, and others circled around the rear.
    一些沿着河边柳树逃亡另外一些后卫部队周围
    Infantrymen were in the rear.
    步兵断后
  2. 2. n.[u] 后面
    Mrs Lennox, Susan's mum, appeared from the rear of the house.
    苏珊妈妈,伦诺克斯夫人,从房子后面出现
    His room was toward the rear of the hotel.
    他的房间正对旅馆后面
  3. 3. n.[u] 后部后方
    I seated myself at the rear of the upper stalls.
    我自己坐在正厅前排座位后面
    It was hidden in the rear of the store.
    隐藏商店后面
  4. 4. n.[c] [Spoken] 臀部屁股
    His rear began to hurt after sitting for too long.
    坐了太久,他的屁股开始疼了。
  5. 5. n.[u] 背面反面
    The moon's rear is never seen.
    永远不见月亮后面
  6. 6. vi. 后腿站立
    The donkey reared up.
    驴用后腿站立起来
    The horse reared in terror.
    这匹马在恐惧暴跳起来
  7. 7. vt. 抚养养育
    Nigel had been born and reared in London.
    奈杰尔出生生长伦敦
  8. 8. vi. 矗立高耸
    The title song moves back to acoustic guitars and a problem rears its head.
    主题歌移到了美声吉他之后问题就冒出来了。
  9. 9. vt. 举起竖起抬起
  10. 10. vt. 建造建立
    The superstructure may be most safely reared on a good classic foundation.
    建造一流地基上的建筑物应该是最安全的。
  11. 11. adjective 后面的后部的
    Nicky held a beer bottle out of the rear window.
    尼基后窗来,拿着一个啤酒瓶。

Collins English-English Dictionary

rear [rɪə]
  1. 1. n the back or hind part
  2. 2. n the area or position that lies at the back
    a garden at the rear of the house
  3. 3. n the section of a military force or procession farthest from the front
  4. 4. n the buttocks - See buttock
  5. 5. n [modifier] of or in the rear
    the rear legs
    the rear side
  6. 6. n [Etymology] C17: probably abstracted from rearward or rearguard
rear [rɪə]
  1. 1. vt. [tr] to care for and educate (children) until maturity; bring up; raise
  2. 2. vt. [tr] to breed (animals) or grow (plants)
  3. 3. vt. [tr] to place or lift (a ladder, etc) upright
  4. 4. vt. [tr] to erect (a monument, building, etc); put up
  5. 5. vi. [intr; often foll by up] (esp of horses) to lift the front legs in the air and stand nearly upright
  6. 6. vi. [intr; often foll by up or over] (esp of tall buildings) to rise high; tower
  7. 7. vi. [intr] to start with anger, resentment, etc
  8. 8. vi. [Etymology] Old English ræran; related to Old High German reren to distribute, Old Norse reisa to raise

Examples

rear echelon
后方梯队
a rear entrance
公共汽车的后门
front-/rear-wheel drive
前/后轮驱动
The porch is at the rear of the house.
走廊在房子的后部。
There is a shelf blocking the rear exit.
有个架子挡住了后面的出口。

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