ack-projection noun ^ [u] the process of shining an image onto the back of a screen 背面投影 2 [C] an image that has been shone onto the back of a screen 背投影像 back-rest /'baekrest/ noun part of a seat that supports sb’s back 溱背

.back 'room noun a room at the back of a building, away from the entrance, often where secret activities take place后室;密室

back-room boys noun [pi.] (Br£) people who do important work for a person or an organization but who are not well known themselves 默默无闻地从事重

要工作的人;无名功臣

back-scratch-ing /'baekskraetjir)/ noun [U] {informal, often disapproving) the fact of giving sb help in return for help that they have given you, often in connection with sth that might be illegal互开方便之门,互相利用

(常指从事非法活动}

,back 'seat noun a seat at the back of a vehicle <车辆 的)后座 IT*!?! take a back seat to allow sb else to play a more active and important role in a particular situation than you do允许彳i人领先;甘愿居于人下;退

居幕后

.back-seat 'driver noun 1 a passenger in a vehicle who keeps giving advice to the driver about how he or she should drive对驾驶者指手画脚的乘客2 a person who wants to be in control of sth that is not really their responsibility企图越权者 backsheesh = baksheesh

back.shift /’baekjift/ /?ow/? [U] (///igw/st/cs 语言)the changing of a tense when reporting what sb said, for example when reporting the words 'What. an? you doing?’ as ‘He asked me what I was doing.’(转成间接

引语时的)时态后移

back-side /'baeksaid/ noun {informal) the part of the body that you sit on 屁股 cn7l behind, bottom Get Jf y〇ur backside and do some work/ 起来干点活儿 BE! Iran see pain n.

'back slang noun [U] {linguistics i§W) informal language in which words are spoken as though they are spelled backwards倒拼俚语;逆读俚语 back-slap-ping /'baekslaepiij/ noun [U] loud and enthu­siastic behaviour when people are praising each other for sth good they have done (热情的)互相祝贺,互相 打气► back.slap.ping [only before noun]:      backslap-

jn'ng tributes 互如的话

backslash /'baekslaej/ noun a mark (\), used in computer commands (计算机符号反斜麵compare

FORWARD SLASH

back-slid-ing /'baekslaidii]/ noun [U] the situation when sb fails to do sth that they agreed to do and returns to their, former bad behaviour 倒退;故态复萌 back-space /'baekspeis/ noun, verb m noun the key on the keyboard of a computer or type­writer which allows you to move backwards. On a computer keyboard this key also removes the last letter that you typed.(计算机或打字机的回格键,回退键; (计算机的)回删键

                  verb [V] to use the backspace key on a computer keyboard or on a typewriter 回格;回退;■回删

back-spin /'baekspin/ noun [U] a backward spinning movement of a ball that has been hit, which makes it go less far than it normally would (球的回旋,下旋 'back-stabbing noun [U] the action of criticizing sb when they are not there, while pretending to be their friend at other times背后中伤;暗箭伤人 back-stage /,baek'steid3/ adv. 1 in the part of a theatre where the actors and artists get ready and wait to perform /g ^ After the show, we were allowed to go backstage to meet the cast   ^^I'J

、后台和演员见面2 away from the attention of the public; in secret 私下;秘击地J’dZifce to fcnow what really goes on backstage in government.

幕后究竟干些什么b?idostage <2back-stairs /'baeksteaz; NAmE-sterz/ noun, adj.

noun [pi.] stairs at the back or side of a building, some- times used by servants后楼梯,侧楼梯(供仆人等使用)