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Posterior Back Things Body 英 Pɒ'Stɪəriə(R)] 美 Pɑː'Stɪriər Adj.(在时间;次序上)较后的

英语单词 posterior
英美音标 英 [pɒ'stɪəriə(r)] 美 [pɑː'stɪriər]
中文释义 adj.(在时间;次序上)较后的
n.臀部
英语例句 (1) A team of British academics has developed a mathematical formula to determine just how perfect your posterior is.
中文例句 (1) 一个英国的学者小组发明一个能决定完美臀部的数学公式。
vocabulary简明 Use the adjective posterior to describe something that's in the back. It’s often used in anatomy — a posterior cerebral artery supplies blood to the back of the brain, and the tail is on the posterior of a fish.
vocabulary扩展 The prefix post means “after,” and things that are posterior come after the things in the front. The opposite of posterior is anterior, which refers to the front, usually of body parts. You can also use the word posterior to jokingly refer to the part of your body that you sit on — your backside. Posterior is also a formal way to say later in time.
柯林斯解释
1
[N-COUNT 可数名词]臀部;屁股 Some-one's bottom can be referred to as their posterior .
  [mainly HUMOROUS 主幽默]
    2
    [ADJ 形容词]背部的;后部的 Posterior describes something that is situated at the back of something else.
      [ADJ n]
      [MEDICAL 医]
    • ...the posterior leg muscles.

      腿部后侧的肌肉

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