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back cloth

/bak-drop/US // ˈbækˌdrɒp //UK // (ˈbækˌdrɒp) //

背布,后面的布,背面布,背面的布

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n.名词 noun
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    • : Also called, especially British, back-cloth [bak-klawth, -kloth] /ˈbækˌklɔθ, -ˌklɒθ/ .Theater. the rear curtain of a stage setting.
    • : the background of an event; setting.
    • : Gymnastics. a maneuver in which a trampolinist jumps in the air, lands on the back with the arms and legs pointed upward, and then springs up to a standing position.
v.有主动词 verb
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    back·dropped or back·dropt, back·drop·ping.

    • : to provide a setting or background for: A vast mountain range backdrops the broad expanse of lake.

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Examples

  • This year, against a backdrop of unprecedented global upheaval, OZY is partnering with the data and technology firm 0ptimus to build a better way to forecast the 2020 presidential vote.

  • It comes against a backdrop of pandemic and protest that will no doubt affect the season beyond the league simply emptying the stands and conceding a few words of support.

  • The earth — at least the part of it that is California — was no longer a backdrop for our actions, the set of our play.

  • That’s the surprisingly realistic science backdrop of Biohackers, but that’s where it stays.

  • This years-long back-and-forth, against the economic backdrop of traditional news media decline, has helped evolve Google’s position.

  • Against this backdrop, Paul breaking bread with Sharpton may be too much for Republican primary voters to watch or stomach.

  • At times, it reads as if he is describing the backdrop of a Hieronymus Bosch painting.

  • What prompted you to pick the fall of the Berlin Wall as the backdrop for your thriller?

  • All of this is playing out against a backdrop of ferocious political rivalries and discord in the capital of Sanaa.

  • Harris will shoot short video clips of each pledge using a “Luvvy” canvas as a backdrop.

  • The painted backdrop on the wall of the theatre was still visible prior to restoration and the simple mural was to be restored.

  • Buildings strewn like a careless giant's toys formed a vague and monstrous backdrop.

  • He recognized a backdrop he had seen thousands of times behind the announcer who introduced the news-casts.

  • She was raised for the most-part in Maine, which forms a backdrop to much of her fiction.

  • Nothing there but the familiar starry backdrop, the moon far down to the left.