Word · Frequency #4511
reared
抚养；养育；饲养
reared is the past of rear.
To bring up and care for (a child or young animal) until fully grown.
- 1.
To bring up to maturity, as offspring; to educate; to instruct; to foster.
抚养至成熟；教育；教导；培育。
- 2.
To place in the rear; to secure the rear of.
置于后方；保卫后方。
- 3.
To move; stir.
移动；搅动
- 4.
To breed and raise.
饲养和培育
- 5.
To carve.
雕刻
- 6.
To rise up on the hind legs.
用后腿站立起来。
- 7.
To get angry.
发怒
- 8.
To rise high above, tower above.
高高耸立,巍峨屹立。
（马等）用后腿直立；高耸；矗立；发怒；生气；移动；活动；雕刻
In use
She rears three children on her own after her husband passed away.
The farmer rears cattle for both milk and meat.
They are rearing their granddaughter while their daughter works abroad.
Verb forms
base rear · third person rears · -ing rearing · past reared · past participle reared
规则动词
Connections
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。
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.你们两个先走，我来殿后。
- rear its ugly head
- （问题等）出现，冒头The issue of funding has reared its ugly head again.资金问题又冒出来了。
- rear-guard action
Learner notes
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”。
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。
Grammar Note
作'养育'义时为及物动词，作'高耸'义时为不及物动词。
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/）。
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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