| 释义 |
Examples:Taku Forts, maritime defense works in Tianjin dating back the Ming dynasty, playing a prominent role during the Opium Wars (1839-1860)—lit. wool comes from the sheep's back (idiom); One gets the benefit, but the price has been paid.—with back the mountain and facing the water (favored location)—back (the area of a vertebrate animal's body on either side of the backbone)—lit. the end comes back the start (idiom); the wheel comes full circle—pursue and force sb to give back the spoils—lit. fight with one's back the river (idiom); fig. to fight to win or die—from the back (rows of seats)—(fig.) the back of one's mind—lit. the cycle comes back the start (idiom); to move in circles—with back the mountain (favored location)—lit. a good horse doesn't come back the same pasture [idiom.]—with one's back the wall—consonants zh, ch, sh, r produced on the back of the tongue—view of the back (of a person or object)—the back cover of a book—beat a tiger from the front door, only to have a wolf come in at the back (idiom); fig. facing one problem after another—lit. enter by the back door—percussion instrument shaped as a hollow wooden tiger, with serrated strip across the back, across which one runs a drumstick—return to the main topic (idiom); back to business—vertical line on the back of clothing—face the ground, back to the sky—let sth in by the back door—consonant ng or ŋ produced in the nose with the back of the tongue against the soft palate—mastoid antrum (bones at the back of tympanic chamber)—bind a person's upper body, with arms tied behind the back and rope looped around the neck—finish a digression and get back to the main subject—carry on the back or shoulder—put sth on the back burner—trapezius muscle (of the upper back and neck)—go back to sleep (instead of rising up in the morning)—trace back to the source—sound out the difficulties and retreat to avoid defeat (idiom); fig. to back out of an awkward situation—four legs facing the sky (idiom); flat on one's back—the back of a body or object—strangle and slap the back (idiom); fig. to occupy a strategic post—hollow at the back of the knee—the wrong way round (back-to-front, inside out etc)—do sth. with one's back to the light—guide sb. back to the right path by repeated word and example— |