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[N-SING 单数名词](建筑物或车辆的)后部,后面,背面 The
rear of something such as a building or vehicle is the back part of it.
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[N-SING 单数名词](队列的)尾部,最后一个 If you are at the
rear of a moving line of people, you are the last person in it.
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]臀部;屁股 Your
rear is the part of your body that you sit on.
[usu poss N]
[INFORMAL 非正式]
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[VERB 动词]抚养;养育;养大 If you
rear children, you look after them until they are old enough to look after themselves.
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。
I was reared in east Texas.
我在得克萨斯州东部长大。
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[VERB 动词]饲养(小动物) If you
rear a 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.
in AM, usually use 美国英语通常用 raise
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[VERB 动词](马)用后腿直立,暴跳 When a horse
rears, 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.
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[VERB 动词]高耸,耸立(在眼前) If you say that something such as a building or mountain
rears above you, you mean that is very tall and close to you.
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。
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。
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[PHRASE 短语]殿后 If a person or vehicle
is bringing up the rear, they are the last person or vehicle in a moving line of them.
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[PHRASE 短语](令人不快之物)显现,露头,显露 If something unpleasant
rears its head or
rears its ugly head, it becomes visible or noticeable.