adj.后面的；后方的；背面的

n.后部；尾部；后方

v.舉起；養(yǎng)育；飼養(yǎng)

You should keep your front and rear lights in good working order. 你應(yīng)該使你的前后燈保持好的工作狀態(tài)。

A driver can see the road behind him by looking at the rear view mirror. 汽車司機(jī)通過反光鏡能看到他身后的路。

The sun shines through the rear window. 太陽從后窗照射進(jìn)來。

The main entrance is at the rear. 主要入口在后面。

The rear of the bus is in smoke. 公交汽車尾部在冒煙。

This obliged us to stay in the rear. 這迫使我們留在后方。

Right now, I've put on the LMT front and Troy rear. 現(xiàn)在，我已經(jīng)把前面的馬丁和特洛伊后方。

Her mother died of cancer and her aunt rears her. 她母親因癌癥去世,她姨媽將她撫養(yǎng)大。

Most farmers in this area rear sheep. 這邊很多農(nóng)民養(yǎng)羊。

rear的基本意思是“使長高”,現(xiàn)代英語中可表示“養(yǎng)大”,指飼養(yǎng)動(dòng)物或撫養(yǎng)小孩。引申可表示“抬高”“建立”。

rear既可用作不及物動(dòng)詞,也可用作及物動(dòng)詞。用作及物動(dòng)詞時(shí),可接名詞、代詞作賓語。可用于被動(dòng)結(jié)構(gòu)。

rear可接副詞up表示“用后腿站立”“養(yǎng)大”。

rear也可用作形容詞,意為“后方的,后部的,背后的”。例如:This is a rear window.這是后窗。That is the rear wheel of a bicycle.那是腳踏車的后輪。Leave the bus by the rear entrance.從公共汽車后門下車。

rear還可用作名詞,意為“后部,尾部”“臀部,屁股”。例如:The hall is in the rear of the building.禮堂在大樓的后部。We attacked the enemy in the rear.我們從敵人的背后襲擊。He got kicked in the rear.他屁股上挨了一腳。She smacked a child's rear.她打孩子的屁股。