Aback

[ə'bæk]

解釋/意思:

(adv.) by surprise; 'taken aback by the caustic remarks'.

(adv.) having the wind against the forward side of the sails; 'the ship came up into the wind with all yards aback'.

伊桑錄入--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(adv.) Toward the back or rear; backward.

(adv.) Behind; in the rear.

(adv.) Backward against the mast; -- said of the sails when pressed by the wind.

(n.) An abacus.

錄入:玛格利特

同義詞及近義詞：

ad. Backwards, rearwards, regressively.

錄入:特丽萨

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Backwards, rearwards, aft, abaft, astern, behind, back

ANT:Onwards, forwards, ahead, before, afront, beyond, afore

整理:贾丝廷

解釋/意思:

adv. (naut.) said of sails pressed backward against the mast by the wind—hence (fig.) Taken aback taken by surprise

整理:佩吉