rear

adjective

/rɪə(r)/

/rɪr/

[only before noun]

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at or near the back of something後面的；後部的
- front and rear windows前面和後面的窗戶
- the rear entrance of the building大樓的後門
Word Originadjective Middle English (first used as a military term): from Old French rere, based on Latin retro ‘back’.

rear

noun

/rɪə(r)/

/rɪr/

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(usually the rear)
[singular] the back part of something後部
- A trailer was attached to the rear of the truck.卡車後面挂了一輛拖車。
- There are toilets at both front and rear of the plane.飛機前後艙都有洗手間。
- A high gate blocks the only entrance to the rear.一座高大的門擋住了通往後面的唯一入口。
Which Word? at the back / at the rear / behind
at the back / at the rear / behind
- At the back and at the rear have a similar meaning, but at the rear is used more in formal or official language: at the back 和 at the rear 意義相近，但 at the rear 多用於正式或官方語言：What’s that at the back of the fridge?冰箱盡裏頭那東西是什麽？Smoking is only allowed at the rear of the aircraft.只有飛機後艙允許抽煙。 It is more usual to talk about the back door of a house but the rear exit of an aircraft or public building. If something is behind something else it is near to the back of it but not part of it. Compare: Our room was at the back of the hotel我們的房間在旅館靠後面的地方。 and There’s a lovely wood just behind our hotel.我們酒店後面有一片可愛的樹林。
Extra Examples
- Car seats for young babies should face the rear.嬰兒的汽車座椅應該向後放置。
- The radio is loudest in the rear of the car.在汽車後部收音機最響。
- The socket for the printer cable is located at the rear of the computer.打印機電纜插座在計算機的後面。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verb + rear
- bring up
- attack (somebody/something) from
- cover
- …
preposition
- at the rear
- from the rear
- in the rear
- …
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(also rear end)
[countable, usually singular] (informal) the part of the body that you sit on屁股；臀部 synonym backside, bottom
- a kick in the rear踢了一下屁股
- He spends all day sitting on his rear end in front of a computer.他整天坐在電腦前。

Word Originnoun Middle English (first used as a military term): from Old French rere, based on Latin retro ‘back’.

Idioms

bring up the rear

to be at the back of a line of people, or last in a race站在隊尾；落在最後；殿後
- David was the first to reach the summit, followed by Pat, leaving Fergus to bring up the rear.大衛是第一個到達山頂的，帕特緊随其後，留下弗格斯在後面。
- Three drummers brought up the rear.3 名鼓手走在最後。

rear

verb

/rɪə(r)/

/rɪr/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they rear	/rɪə(r)/ /rɪr/
he / she / it rears	/rɪəz/ /rɪrz/
past simple reared	/rɪəd/ /rɪrd/
past participle reared	/rɪəd/ /rɪrd/
-ing form rearing	/ˈrɪərɪŋ/ /ˈrɪrɪŋ/

Idioms Phrasal Verbs

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[transitive] rear somebody/something [often passive] to care for young children or animals until they are fully grown撫養；養育；培養 synonym bring up, raise
- She reared a family of five on her own.她一個人養活五個孩子。
- Lions usually manage to rear about half the number of cubs born to them.獅子通常設法喂養大約半數自己所生的幼崽。
Topics Life stagesc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- intensively
- naturally
- successfully
- …
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[transitive] rear something to keep and breed (= produce young from) animals or birds, for example on a farm飼養
- to rear cattle養牛
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- intensively reared beef cattle集約式飼養的菜牛
- naturally reared pork and beef天然飼養所産的豬肉和牛肉
- The young crocodiles were reared indoors at a constant temperature of 32°C.小鳄魚在恒溫32攝氏度的室内飼養。
Topics Farmingc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- intensively
- naturally
- successfully
- …
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[intransitive] rear (up) (of an animal, especially a horse動物，尤指馬) to raise itself on its back legs, with the front legs in the air用後腿直立
- The horse reared, throwing its rider.這匹馬後腿直立，將騎手摔下。
[intransitive] rear (up) (of something large大的東西) to seem to lean over you, especially in a way that makes you feel frightened（尤指可怖地）巍然聳立
- The great bulk of the building reared up against the night sky.夜幕下，巨大的高樓顯得陰森森的。

Word Originverb Old English rǣran ‘set upright, construct, elevate’, of Germanic origin; related to raise (which has supplanted rear in many applications), also to rise.

Idioms

something rears its (ugly) head