backhouse

/bak-hous/US // ˈbækˌhaʊs //UK // (ˈbækˌhaʊs) //

后屋,后院,后舍,后备箱

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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plural back·hous·es [bak-hou-ziz]. /ˈbækˌhaʊ zɪz/.
- : a building behind the main building, often serving a subsidiary purpose.
- : a privy; outhouse.

Lunched with Backhouse in a delicious garden under a spreading fig tree; then rode back.
It is said by Backhouse, that his parties killed thirty, and captured five.
John Backhouse took no step, and for nine months nothing was heard of his daughter.
Mrs. Thornburgh, however, could not apply herself to the case of Mary Backhouse.
Backhouse observed one especially, whose features had a Jewish cast, and reminded him of the popular pictures of Abraham!