adj.后面的；后方的；背面的
n.后部；尾部；后方
v.举起；养育；饲养
You should keep your front and rear lights in good working order. 你应该使你的前后灯保持好的工作状态。
A driver can see the road behind him by looking at the rear view mirror. 汽车司机通过反光镜能看到他身后的路。
The sun shines through the rear window. 太阳从后窗照射进来。
用作名词 (n.)The main entrance is at the rear. 主要入口在后面。
The rear of the bus is in smoke. 公交汽车尾部在冒烟。
This obliged us to stay in the rear. 这迫使我们留在后方。
Right now, I've put on the LMT front and Troy rear. 现在，我已经把前面的马丁和特洛伊后方。
用作动词 (v.)Her mother died of cancer and her aunt rears her. 她母亲因癌症去世,她姨妈将她抚养大。
rear的基本意思是“使长高”,现代英语中可表示“养大”,指饲养动物或抚养小孩。引申可表示“抬高”“建立”。
rear既可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词。用作及物动词时,可接名词、代词作宾语。可用于被动结构。
rear可接副词up表示“用后腿站立”“养大”。
rear也可用作形容词,意为“后方的,后部的,背后的”。例如:This is a rear window.这是后窗。That is the rear wheel of a bicycle.那是脚踏车的后轮。Leave the bus by the rear entrance.从公共汽车后门下车。
rear还可用作名词,意为“后部,尾部”“臀部,屁股”。例如:The hall is in the rear of the building.礼堂在大楼的后部。We attacked the enemy in the rear.我们从敌人的背后袭击。He got kicked in the rear.他屁股上挨了一脚。She smacked a child's rear.她打孩子的屁股。
