Word · Frequency #4511
rear
抚养;养育;饲养
核心释义
To bring up and care for (a child or young animal) until fully grown.
- 1.
抚养至成熟;教育;教导;培育。
To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster.
- 2.
置于后方;保卫后方。
To place in the rear; to secure the rear of.
- 3.
移动;搅动
To move; stir.
- 4.
饲养和培育
To breed and raise.
- 5.
雕刻
To carve.
- 6.
用后腿站立起来。
To rise up on the hind legs.
- 7.
发怒
To get angry.
- 8.
高高耸立,巍峨屹立。
To rise high above, tower above.
(马等)用后腿直立;高耸;矗立;发怒;生气;移动;活动;雕刻
用法In use
She rears three children on her own after her husband passed away.
用法提示:动词rear表示‘抚养、养育’,此处用过去式reared。
The farmer rears cattle for both milk and meat.
用法提示:动词rear表示‘饲养’,此处用第三人称单数rears。
They are rearing their granddaughter while their daughter works abroad.
用法提示:动词rear表示‘抚养’,此处用现在进行时are rearing。
rear sb
表示“抚养、养育”时为及物动词,宾语多为孩子或幼畜。
She reared three children on her own.
她独自一人抚养三个孩子。
be reared in/on sth
被动语态常用 in 引出地点,用 on 引出食物或方式,用 by 引出抚养者。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- rear children
- 抚养孩子
- She had to rear five children on a small income.她不得不靠微薄的收入抚养五个孩子。
- rear livestock
- 饲养牲畜
- They rear livestock on the grassland.他们在草地上饲养牲畜。
- rear up
- (马等)后腿直立
- The horse reared up in panic.那匹马惊慌地用后腿直立起来。
习语与比喻表达Idioms & figurative uses
- bring up the rear
- 殿后;走在队伍最后You two go ahead, and I'll bring up the rear.
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
rear 拼写中含 ear,想象侧耳倾听孩子哭闹并抚养他长大,因此 rear 意为“抚养”。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域:mixed 常见场景:正式/书面语(抚养、教育)、农业/养殖(饲养、培育)、马术/骑术(马用后腿直立)、文学描写(高耸、矗立) rear 作动词时,正式程度随义项和搭配变化:表达“抚养、教育”时通常用于正式或书面语;表示“饲养、培育”和“(马)用后腿直立”时,多用于养殖或马术等具体场景;“高耸、矗立”比较常见于文学描写。
语法说明Grammar Note
作'养育'义时为及物动词,作'高耸'义时为不及物动词。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词与 rear(美式 /rɪr/;英式 /rɪə/)押韵,因为它们有相同的重读元音和后续音:/ɪr/ 或 /ɪə/。注意拼写以 -ear 结尾但读音不同的常见词,如 wear /wɛr/ 和 bear /bɛr/(英式 /wɛə/, /bɛə/)。
高价值词汇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。
用法优先级
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