Word · Frequency #4511
rear
后部；后面
The back part of something.
- 1.
The back or hindmost part; that which is behind, or last in order.
后部或最后部分；位于后面或顺序最后的事物。
- 2.
the back of a military formation or procession
军队编队或行进队伍的后部
- 3.
Specifically, the part of an army or fleet which comes last, or is stationed behind the rest.
特指军队或舰队的后部
- 4.
the side of an object that is opposite its front
物体与正面相对的一面
- 5.
The buttocks or bottom.
臀部。
- 6.
the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer
离通常观看者最远的部分
臀部；屁股；后方；后部（军队）；后部或最后部分；位于后面或顺序最后的事物。；军队编队或行进队伍的后部；特指军队或舰队的后部
In use
The trunk of the car is located at the rear.
The garden is at the rear of the house.
The soldiers marched in a straight line with the commander at the rear.
infantrymen were in the rear
his room was toward the rear of the hotel
it was hidden in the rear of the store
Connections
Collocations
- in the rear
- 在后部；在后方
- The kitchen is in the rear of the house.厨房在房子的后部。
- rear window
- 后窗
- The car's rear window was foggy.汽车的后窗起雾了。
- rear entrance
- 后门；后入口
- Guests entered through the rear entrance.客人们从后门进入。
- rear end
- 后部；后端
- The rear end of the bus was damaged in the accident.事故中公共汽车的后部受损了。
- bring up the rear
- 殿后；走在最后
- The captain brought up the rear of the march.上尉走在队伍的最后。
- rear view mirror
- 后视镜
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 rear view mirror（后视镜）：它照见的是车后方；rear end 也指“臀部”，即身体的后部。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：military formations or fleets、physical objects (back side)、colloquial speech (buttocks) rear 作名词时，表示“后部、后方”通常较正式或中性，多用于军事、建筑或物体位置；表示“臀部”则比较常见于口语或委婉说法。选择语域需结合具体义项。
Grammar Note
常用单数形式，但复数形式为rears。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词与 rear /rɪr/ 押韵：ear /ɪr/、here /hɪr/、near /nɪr/、beer /bɪr/、clear /klɪr/、appear /əˈpɪr/。注意：bear /bɛr/、wear /wɛr/、pear /pɛr/ 虽然也以 -ear 结尾，但发音不同，不与 rear 押韵。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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