rear

英 [rɪə(r)]

美 [rɪr]

n.  后部; 屁股; 臀部
adj.  后面的; 后部的
v.  抚养; 养育; 培养; 饲养; 用后腿直立

过去分词：reared　过去式：reared　现在分词：rearing　第三人称单数：rears　复数：rears　

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.4511 / COCA.4033

同义词辨析

rearbring upraise【导航词义：抚养】

backrear【导航词义：后面】

短语用例

rear sb/sth on sth

• （用…）喂养；（以…）娱乐，培养
  to give a person or an animal a particular type of food, entertainment, etc. while they are young
  1. A trailer was attached to the rear of the truck.
     卡车后面挂了一辆拖车。
  2. There are toilets at both front and rear of the plane.
     飞机前后舱都有洗手间。
  3. A high gate blocks the only entrance to the rear .
     一座高大的门挡住了通往后面的唯一入口。

习惯用语

n.

bring up the rear
• 站在队尾；落在最后；殿后
  to be at the back of a line of people, or last in a race

v.

sth rears its (ugly) head
• （讨厌的事情）出现，发生
  if sth unpleasant rears its head or rears its ugly head , it appears or happens

牛津词典

noun

• 后部
  the back part of sth
  1. A trailer was attached to the rear of the truck.
     卡车后面挂了一辆拖车。
  2. There are toilets at both front and rear of the plane.
     飞机前后舱都有洗手间。
  3. A high gate blocks the only entrance to the rear .
     一座高大的门挡住了通往后面的唯一入口。
• 屁股；臀部
  the part of the body that you sit on
  1. a kick in the rear
     踢了一下屁股

adj.

• 后面的；后部的
  at or near the back of sth
  1. front and rear windows
     前面和后面的窗户
  2. the rear entrance of the building
     大楼的后门

verb

• 抚养；养育；培养
  to care for young children or animals until they are fully grown
  1. She reared a family of five on her own.
     她一个人养活五个孩子。
• 饲养
  to breed or keep animals or birds, for example on a farm
  1. to rear cattle
     养牛
• 用后腿直立
  to raise itself on its back legs, with the front legs in the air
  1. The horse reared, throwing its rider.
     这匹马后腿直立，将骑手摔下。
• （尤指可怖地）巍然耸立
  to seem to lean over you, especially in a threatening way
  1. The great bulk of the building reared up against the night sky.
     夜幕下，巨大的高楼显得阴森森的。

柯林斯词典

• N-SING （建筑物或车辆的）后部，后面，背面
  Therearof something such as a building or vehicle is the back part of it.
  1. He settled back in the rear of the taxi.
     他靠坐在出租车的后排座上。
  2. ...a stairway in the rear of the building.
     大楼后面的楼梯
  3. Rearis also an adjective.
     
  4. Manufacturers have been obliged to fit rear seat belts in all new cars.
     生产商们不得不在所有新车的后排座椅上安装安全带。
• N-SING （队列的）尾部，最后一个
  If you are at therearof a moving line of people, you are the last person in it.
  1. Musicians played at the front and rear of the procession...
     乐师们在队前和队尾表演。
  2. The Lord Mayor follows at the rear in his gilded coach.
     市长大人坐在他阔气的马车里在后面跟着。
• N-COUNT 臀部;屁股
  Yourrearis the part of your body that you sit on.
  1. I turned away from the phone to see Lewis pat a waitress on her rear.
     我打完电话后转过头，看见刘易斯拍了拍一个女招待的屁股。
• VERB 抚养;养育;养大
  If yourearchildren, you look after them until they are old enough to look after themselves.
  1. She reared sixteen children, six her own and ten her husband's...
     她养大了16个孩子，其中6个是她亲生的，10个是她丈夫带来的。
  2. I was reared in east Texas.
     我在得克萨斯州东部长大。
• VERB 饲养（小动物）
  If youreara young animal, you keep and look after it until it is old enough to be used for work or food, or until it can look after itself.
  1. She spends a lot of time rearing animals.
     她花费大量时间饲养动物。

in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 raise


• VERB （马）用后腿直立，暴跳
  When a horserears, 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.
  1. The horse reared and threw off its rider.
     那匹马前蹄腾空向后仰，把骑手摔了下去。
  2. Rear upmeans the same asrear.
     rear up 同 rear
  3. ...an army pony that didn't rear up at the sound of gunfire.
     听到枪声不会仰站立起的军用小型马
• VERB 高耸，耸立（在眼前）
  If you say that something such as a building or mountainrearsabove you, you mean that is very tall and close to you.
  1. The exhibition hall reared above me behind a high fence...
     高高的围墙后面，展览大厅耸立在我面前。
  2. The mountains reared up on each side, steep and white.
     两边的山峦高耸入云，山势陡峭，覆盖着积雪。
• PHRASE 殿后
  If a person or vehicleis bringing up the rear, they are the last person or vehicle in a moving line of them.
  1. ...police motorcyclists bringing up the rear of the procession.
     摩托骑警行进在队伍最后
• PHRASE （令人不快之物）显现，露头，显露
  If something unpleasantrears its headorrears its ugly head, it becomes visible or noticeable.
  1. The threat of strikes reared its head again this summer...
     今年夏天又显现出了罢工的势头。
  2. The extreme right reared its ugly head in the 1980s.
     极右势力在20世纪80年代有所抬头。

英英释义

noun

• the side that goes last or is not normally seen
  1. he wrote the date on the back of the photograph
  Synonym:back
• the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
  1. he deserves a good kick in the butt
  2. are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?
  Synonym:buttocksnatesarsebuttbacksidebumbunscanfundamenthindquartershind endkeisterposteriorpratrear endrumpsternseattailtail endtooshietushbottombehindderrierefannyass
• the back of a military formation or procession
  1. infantrymen were in the rear
• the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer
  1. he stood at the back of the stage
  2. it was hidden in the rear of the store
  Synonym:back
• the side of an object that is opposite its front
  1. his room was toward the rear of the hotel
  Synonym:backsideback end

verb

• construct, build, or erect
  1. Raise a barn
  Synonym:raiseerectset upput up
• stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds
  1. The horse reared in terror
  Synonym:rise up
• cause to rise up
  Synonym:erect
• bring up
  1. raise a family
  2. bring up children
  Synonym:raisebring upnurtureparent
• rise up
  1. The building rose before them
  Synonym:riselift

双语例句

• The rear doors include childproof locks.
  后门装有防儿童开启的安全锁。
• The lorry clipped the rear of a tanker and then crashed into a second truck.
  大货车斜撞上一辆油罐车的尾部，接着又撞上了另一辆货车。
• The scout single-handedly penetrated behind the enemy's rear lines.
  侦察员单枪匹马深入敌后。
• The extreme right reared its ugly head in the 1980s.
  极右势力在20世纪80年代有所抬头。
• The threat of strikes reared its head again this summer
  今年夏天又显现出了罢工的势头。
• We attacked the enemy in the rear.
  我们抄后路袭击敌人。
• When they came to decorate the rear bedroom, it was Jemma who had the final say
  他们装修后面的卧室时，是耶马最后说了算。
• The mountains reared up on each side, steep and white.
  两边的山峦高耸入云，山势陡峭，覆盖着积雪。
• The front and rear of the car will crumple during a collision.
  碰撞时，汽车的前部和后部会被撞瘪。
• She walked into the front door of a store and exited from the rear.
  她走进了一家商店的前门，又从后门离开。