新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

rear

英  [rɪə]
    

[ADJ, NOUN, VERB]

    ADJ. 形容词
  • 1后部的

    Rear is used to refer to the part of something such as a building or vehicle that is towards the back or nearest to the back.

    双语例句

    例:

    Manufacturers have been obliged to fit rear seat belts in all new cars.

    生产商不得不在所有新车的后排座椅上安装安全带。

    NOUN. 名词
  • 1[SING 单数型名词] (建筑物或机动车等的)后部

    The rear of something such as a building or vehicle is the back part of it.

    近义词

    back

    双语例句

    例:

    He settled back in the rear of the taxi.

    他舒适地靠在出租车后座上。

    2[SING 单数型名词] (队列的)尾部

    If you are at the rear of a moving line of people, you are the last person in it.

    近义词

    back

    双语例句

    例:

    Musicians played at the front and rear of the procession.

    乐师们在游行队伍的队首和队尾。

    3[C 可数名词] 臀部

    Your rear is the part of your body that you sit on.

    近义词

    behind

    双语例句

    例:

    I saw him pat a waitress on her rear.

    我看见他拍了一下那个女服务生的屁股。

    PHRASE. 习语
  • bring up the rear

    1殿后

    If a person or vehicle is bringing up the rear, they are the last person or vehicle in a moving line of them.

    双语例句

    例:

    police motorcyclists bringing up the rear of the procession.

    警用摩托车为游行队伍殿后。

    VERB. 动词
  • rears , rearing , reared

    1[T 及物动词] 抚养

    If you rear children, you take care of them until they are old enough to take care of themselves.

    近义词

    bring up , raise

    双语例句

    例:

    She reared sixteen children, six her own and ten her husband's.

    她抚养大了16个孩子,6个她自己的,10个她丈夫的。

    2[T 及物动词] 饲养

    If you rear a young animal, you keep and take care of it until it is old enough to be used for work or food, or until it can look after itself.

    双语例句

    例:

    She spends a lot of time rearing animals.

    她花很多时间饲养动物。

    3[I 不及物动词] (指马)后腿直立

    When a horse rears, it moves the front part of its body upwards, so that its front legs are high in the air and it is standing on its back legs.

    双语例句

    例:

    The horse reared and threw off its rider.

    那匹马后腿腾空向后仰,把骑手摔了下去。

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