Lưng (người, vật)

Ván lưng, ván ngựa (ghế)

Đằng sau

at the back of the house

ở đằng sau nhà

Mặt sau, mặt trái; sống (dao); gáy (sách); mu (bàn tay)

the back of an envelope

mặt sau cái phong bì

Chỗ trong cùng

at the back of the stage

ở chỗ trong cùng của sân khấu

(thể dục,thể thao) hậu vệ

the back of beyond

nơi biệt lập, nơi tách biệt

back and belly

cái ăn cái mặc

at the back of one's mind

trong thâm tâm, trong đáy lòng

to be at the back of somebody

đứng đằng sau lưng ai; trợ lực cho ai, ủng hộ ai, làm hậu thuẫn cho ai

Đuổi theo sát ai

to be glad to see the back of sb

mừng vì khỏi phải gặp lại ai

to be at the back of something

biết được nguyên nhân sâu xa, nắm được bí mật của cái gì

to be on one's back

nằm ngửa

Bị thua, bị thất bại, nàm vào hoàn cảnh bất lực

Ốm liệt giường

behind one's back

sau lưng ai, lúc vắng mặt ai

to break somebody's back

bắt ai làm việc cật lực

Đánh gãy sống lưng ai

to crouch one's back before somebody

luồn cúi ai, quỵ luỵ ai

to get (set) somebody's back up

làm cho ai nổi giận, làm cho ai phát cáu

to get (put, set) one's back up

nổi giận, phát cáu

to get to the back of something

hiểu được thực chất của vấn đề gì

to give (make) a back

cúi xuống (chơi nhảy cừu)

to put one's back into something

miệt mài làm việc gì, đem hết nhiệt tình ra làm việc gì

to rob one's belly to cover one's back

Xem rob

To talk through the back of one's neck

Xem neck

to turn one's back upon somebody

quay lưng lại với ai

with one's back against (to) the wall

lâm vào thế cùng

there is something at the back of it

trong việc này có điều gì uẩn khúc

like water off a duck's back

như nước đổ lá môn, như nước đổ đầu vịt, chẳng có tác dụng gì cả

to know sth like the back of one's hand

biết rõ điều gì

to make a rod for one's own back

gậy ông đập lưng ông

to stab sb in the back

đâm sau lưng ai, hãm hại ai

a stab in the back

cú đâm sau lưng, sự hãm hại

you scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours

bánh sáp đi, bánh quy lại; có đi có lại mới toại lòng nhau

to get a pat on the back

được khen ngợi

to give sb a pat on the back

o pat sb on the back

Khen ngợi ai

Sau; hậu

back yard

sân sau

back room

phòng ở phía sau

back street

phố vắng vẻ, phố lẻ

to take a back seat

ngồi ở hàng ghế sau; (nghĩa bóng) nhận một địa vị thấp hèn

Còn chịu lại, còn nợ lại

back rent

tiền thuê nhà còn chịu lại

Để quá hạn, cũ, đã qua

Ngược, lộn lại, trở lại

a back current

dòng nước ngược

by the back door

bằng cửa sau, theo phương cách bất chính

Lùi lại, về phía sau

keep back!

lùi lại!

to step back a pace

lùi lại một bước

Trước (thời gian)

some few years back

vài năm trước

Trả lại, trở lại, ngược lại

to go back

trở lại, đi về

to send back

gửi trả lại

to bow back

chào đáp lại

Cách, xa

the house stands back from the road

ngôi nhà ở xa đường cái

back and forth

tới lui

to pace back and forth

đi tới đi lui

to go back on a friend

phản bạn

to go back on one's word

không giữ lời hứa

there and back

đến đó và trở lại

It's 20 km there and back

Từ đây đến đó vừa đi vừa về hết 20 kilômét

Lùi

to back a car into the garage

lùi ôtô vào nhà xe

Ủng hộ (một kế hoạch...)

to back someone up

ủng hộ ai bằng mọi cách

Đánh cá, đánh cuộc (một con ngựa...)

Đóng gáy (quyển sách)

Cưỡi (ngựa)

Cùng ký vào, ký tiếp vào (một văn kiện...)

to back the wrong horse

ủng hộ người thua, phò suy thay vì phò thịnh

Lùi lại

Dịu trở lại (gió)

to back down

bỏ, chùn lại; lùi; thoái lui

to back out

nuốt lời

to back out of a bargain

đã thoả thuận xong xuôi rồi lại nuốt lời

Lui, rút lui; lẩn trốn

to back out of a duty

lẩn trốn trách nhiệm

to back and fill

(từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) lưỡng lự, do dự

to back up

(tin học) sao dự phòng

gáy

đổi hướng (thuyền buồm)

cái nền

ở đằng sau

theo hướng ngược lại

lớp nóc

mặt lưng vòm

tường sau

lưng, mu

chảy ngược chiều

lớp đáy

lớp nền

lùi

lưng

back lining

lớp ốp lưng

back of arch

lưng vòm

back of wall

lưng tường

back off

hớt lưng (máy)

back off

tiện hớt lưng

back rest

cái tựa lưng

back to back

đấu lưng nhau (mạch)

back to back

lưng đối lưng

back to back diode

đi-ốt đấu lưng

back tyre face

mặt lưng của vành bánh xe

back-off

sự hớt lưng

back-off clearance

góc mài hớt lưng

back-off clearance

sự mài hớt lưng

back-plane

tấm lưng

back-side welded joint

mối hàn lưng

back-to-back

kề lưng

back-to-back

đấu lưng nhau

back-to-back

giáp lưng

back-to-back connected

đấu lưng

back-to-back connected

được nối lưng

Back-to-Back Connection (BBC)

kết nối lưng với lưng ( máy )

back-to-back houses

nhà tựa lưng vào nhau

back-to-back printing

sự in kề lưng

back-to-chest acceleration

sự gia tốc lưng-ngực

backlining or back lining

lớp ốp lưng

chimney back

lưng lò sưởi

flat back

lưng phẳng

horse back

sống núi lưng ngựa

Letter of credit, Back to back

thư tín dụng giáp lưng

longissimus muscle of back

cơ lưng đài

seat back

lưng ghế tựa

semispinal muscle of back

cơ bán gai lưng

sheep back rock

đá lưng cừu

skew back

ván lưng xiên

square back

lưng vuông

tool back plane

mặt phẳng lưng dụng cụ

gáy sách

gia cố

gót

nước dâng

mặt đáy

mặt trái

Back Surface Reflection (BSR)

phản xạ từ bề mặt trái

mặt trên

mặt sau

mặt sau (cactông)

phần sau

back stage

bộ phận sau sân khấu

revolving back

phần sau xoay (máy ảnh)

phía sau

back clipping plane

mặt cắt phía sau

back electromotive force (bemf)

lực điện động phía sau

back elevation

hình chiếu từ phía sau

Back End (BE)

đầu cuối phía sau

back end computer

máy tính phía sau

back end processor

bộ xử lý phía sau

back land

miền đất phía sau

back lining

lớp bọc/lớp lót ở phía sau

back panel

panô phía sau

back stair

cầu thang phía sau

back tweel

gạch bít phía sau

move back

lùi lại phía sau

tie-back

giằng neo phía sau

sóng ngược

tấm lót

đằng sau

gáy sách

hỗ trợ

nợ chưa trả

quá hạn

tài trợ

trả chậm

Invest in, wager or bet on: She backed a 35-to-2 longshot in the Derby, and she won.

Also, back up. a support,uphold, stand behind, promote, encourage, help, uphold, second,side with, endorse, aid, abet, assist; sponsor, subsidize,underwrite, subvene, finance, Slang US and Canadian bankroll:Your mother and I will back you if you want to start a business.b reverse, go or move in reverse, go or move backwards: Hebacked into the driveway.

Back down (from) or off (from) oraway (from) or out (of) or up. withdraw (from), retreat (from),abandon, retire (from), backtrack (from), shy away (from),recoil (from), turn tail (from): When Percy stood up to him,the bully backed down. The investment sounded risky, so I backedoff. Philippa backed out of singing the leading role. Back upand give me room!

N.

Backside, rear, Technical dorsum: She stood with herback towards me.

At the back of or at someone's back. behind,following, pursuing, chasing, US in back of: Here come thehounds at the back of the fox. You were at my back in the queuea minute ago. 6 behind the back of or behind someone's back.surreptitiously, secretly, clandestinely, privately, furtively,sneakily, slyly; treacherously, traitorously, perfidiously,deceitfully, insidiously: Graham is always telling tales aboutyou behind your back.

Break the back of. a overcome, master:Now that he's broken the back of that problem he can get on withhis work. b US crush, ruin, bankrupt, destroy, defeat, vanquish,Colloq break: The government has tried on many occasions tobreak the back of the Mafia operation. 8 on (someone's) back.US weighing (down) on or upon (someone), burdening (someone),lodged with (someone), resting with (someone): Theresponsibility for the decision is on your back.

Turn one'sback on or upon. abandon, forsake, ignore, disregard, repudiate,reject, cast off, disown, deny: He turned his back on her whenshe needed him most.

With one's back to or against the wall.hard pressed, struggling (against odds), without hope, withlittle or no hope, helpless, in dire straits, in (serious)trouble: After the stock-market crash, some brokers foundthemselves with their backs to the wall.

Adj.

Rear; service, servants': Both back tyres are flat.Please use the back staircase from now on. 12 US and Australianand New Zealand outlying, remote, isolated, distant;undeveloped, primitive, raw, rough, uncivilized: They raisedthree boys in the back country, and all of them became doctors.13 in arrears, overdue, past due, late; behindhand: The taxinspector has advised me that I owe thousands in back taxes.

Adv.

To or toward(s) the rear, rearward(s), backward(s);away: We beat back the enemy in severe hand-to-hand fighting. Iaccepted his offer at once, lest he should draw back. Get backfrom the edge! 15 in return or repayment or requital orretaliation; again: I'll pay you back when I have the money.She gave him back as good as he had given. 16 ago, in time(s)past: Two generations back, his was the finest house in thetown.

Behind, behindhand, in arrears, overdue: We are aweek back in the rent.

Go back on. renege, fail; deny,disavow, break, repudiate: He has gone back on his promise tosend the payment on the first of every month.

N.

A the rear surface of the humanbody from the shoulders to the hips. b the corresponding uppersurface of an animal's body. c the spine (fell and broke hisback). d the keel of a ship.

A any surface regarded ascorresponding to the human back, e.g. of the head or hand, or ofa chair. b the part of a garment that covers the back.

A theless active or visible or important part of somethingfunctional, e.g. of a knife or a piece of paper (write it on theback). b the side or part normally away from the spectator orthe direction of motion or attention, e.g. of a car, house, orroom (stood at the back).

A a defensive player in fieldgames. b this position.

(the Backs) the grounds of Cambridgecolleges which back on to the River Cam.

Adv.

To the rear;away from what is considered to be the front (go back a bit; ranoff without looking back).

A in or into an earlier or normalposition or condition (came back late; went back home; ran backto the car; put it back on the shelf). b in return (pay back).3 in or into the past (back in June; three years back).

At adistance (stand back from the road).

In check (hold himback).

(foll. by of) US behind (was back of the house).

V.1 tr. a help with moral or financial support. b bet on thesuccess of (a horse etc.).

Tr. & intr. move, or cause (avehicle etc.) to move, backwards.

Tr. a put or serve as aback, background, or support to. b Mus. accompany.

Tr. lieat the back of (a beach backed by steep cliffs).

Intr. (ofthe wind) move round in an anticlockwise direction.

Adj.

Situated behind, esp. as remote or subsidiary (backstreet; backteeth).

Of or relating to the past; not current (back pay;back issue).

Reversed (back flow).

Cross a hybridwith one of its parents.

An instance or the product of this.back door a secret or ingenious means of gaining an objective.back-door adj. (of an activity) clandestine, underhand(back-door deal). back down withdraw one's claim or point ofview etc.; concede defeat in an argument etc. back-down n. aninstance of backing down. back-fill refill an excavated holewith the material dug out of it. back-formation 1 the formationof a word from its seeming derivative (e.g. laze from lazy).

A word formed in this way. back number 1 an issue of aperiodical earlier than the current one.

Sl. an out-of-dateperson or thing. the back of beyond a very remote orinaccessible place. back off 1 draw back, retreat.

Abandonone's intention, stand, etc. back on to have its back adjacentto (the house backs on to a field). back out (often foll. byof) withdraw from a commitment. back passage colloq. therectum. back-pedal (-pedalled, -pedalling; US -pedaled,-pedaling) 1 pedal backwards on a bicycle etc.

Reverse one'sprevious action or opinion. back-projection the projection of apicture from behind a translucent screen for viewing or filming.back room (often (with hyphen) attrib.) a place where secretwork is done. back-scattering the scattering of radiation in areverse direction. back seat an inferior position or status.back-seat driver a person who is eager to advise withoutresponsibility (orig. of a passenger in a car etc.). backslang slang using words spelt backwards (e.g. yob). back-stop= LONGSTOP. back talk US = BACKCHAT. back to back with backsadjacent and opposite each other (we stood back to back).back-to-back adj. esp. Brit. (of houses) with a party wall atthe rear. back to front 1 with the back at the front and thefront at the back.

In disorder. back-to-nature (usu.attrib.) applied to a movement or enthusiast for the reversionto a simpler way of life. back up 1 give (esp. moral) supportto.

Computing make a spare copy of (data, a disk, etc.).

(of running water) accumulate behind an obstruction.

Reverse(a vehicle) into a desired position.

US form a queue ofvehicles etc., esp. in congested traffic. back water reverse aboat's forward motion using oars. get (or put) a person's backup annoy or anger a person. get off a person's back stoptroubling a person. go back on fail to honour (a promise orcommitment). know like the back of one's hand be entirelyfamiliar with. on one's back injured or ill in bed. on theback burner see BURNER. put one's back into approach (a tasketc.) with vigour. see the back of see SEE(1). turn one's backon 1 abandon.

Ignore. with one's back to (or up against) thewall in a desperate situation; hard-pressed.

Backer n. (insense 1 of v.). backless adj. [OE b‘c f. Gmc]