(1)后部(back or hind part;the area or position that lies at the back)[U，the～][N(of)]：a garage at/in/to the～of the house 房子后面/后部/后頭的車(chē)庫(kù);He walked toward the～of the house. 他朝房子后面走去。seats facing the～朝后的座位;attack the enemy's～攻擊敵人的后方;the～door/entrance/end 后門(mén)/后面的入口處/后部;a～view mirror 后視鏡;a car's～window/lights/wheels/doors 汽車(chē)的后窗/尾燈/后車(chē)輪/后門(mén);〖同〗back part;〖反〗front;
(2)臀部(part of the body where one sits)[C](infml)：She slapped him on the～. 她用手打他的屁股。a kick in/on the～踢屁股;〖同〗behind;
bring up the rear 殿后，走在最后：The men on horseback brought up the～in the procession. 騎馬者走在隊(duì)伍的后面。
→′rearmost adj 最后面的;′rearward n 后部;′rearward(s) adv 朝(向)后面;′rearguard n 后衛(wèi)，殿后;?rear-′admiral n 海軍少將;
【辨異】BrE中 at the rear of是指“在……后面”，如：a garden at the rear of the house(房子后面的花園——在房子的外面);in the rear of 是指“在……內(nèi)靠后的部分”，如：a kitchen in the rear of the house(廚房在房子的后面——在房子里)。 AmE中兩種情況下都用 in the rear of。