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back-to-back

背靠背,背对背,背对背的,背对背地

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adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : following one immediately after the other; in unbroken sequence; consecutively: After losing all day, he picked winners back to back in the last two races.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Also back-to-back.

    • : adjacent or contiguous but oppositely oriented; having the backs close together or adjoining: The seats in the day coach are back to back.
    • : Stud Poker. consisting of the hole card and the first upcard: He had aces back to back.

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Examples

  • Think back to the Bush-Kerry race of 2004, the Thrilla in Vanilla.

  • Back in New York, the slow pace and inward focus of her yoga practice was less fulfilling.

  • Music is a huge part of the tone of Black Dynamite overall—going back to the original 2009 movie on which the series is based.

  • The al Qaeda-linked gunmen shot back, but only managed to injure one officer before they were taken out.

  • So, Islamized teaching sends girls back home for marriage and housework, and remains exclusively for boys.

  • I waited three months more, in great impatience, then sent him back to the same post, to see if there might be a reply.

  • Ages back—let musty geologists tell us how long ago—'twas a lake, larger than the Lake of Geneva.

  • The boys were tumbling about, clinging to his legs, imploring that numerous things be brought back to them.

  • With a suffocating gasp, she fell back into the chair on which she sat, and covered her face with her hands.

  • Each day she resolved, "To-morrow I will tell Felipe;" and when to-morrow came, she put it off again.