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单词 back to back
释义

back to back

phrase
closetogether andfacinginoppositedirections:
Theofficewasfullofcomputers, and we had tositback to back inlongrows.
Thesoldiersweresittingback to back onsandbags.
Push the twoforksback to back into theclumpofroots.
Thephotoshowstwosiblings,positionedback to back.
Atnight, theysleptback to back in thenarrowbed.
The two menstoodback to back withtheirarmsfolded.
happeningone after another, withoutinterruption:
Coming up after thebreak, three Rolling Stonesclassicsback to back.
He'sdefinitelygettingbetter- he haslotsmore gooddaysback to back now.
We were verytiredafter doing threemoviesback to back.
Inordertosucceed, you must bepreparedtowork16-hourdaysback to back.
We had todealwith twobighurricanesalmostback to back.
All theepisodeswill bebroadcastback to back.
See also
back-to-back
backnoun(FURTHEST PART)
back-to-back
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˌbæk.təˈbæk/us
/ˌbæk.təˈbæk/

back-to-backadjective[before noun](CONTINUOUS)

happeningone after another, withoutinterruption:
Hamilton iscelebratingback-to-backvictoriesin theGermanand British Grands Prix.
See also
backto back
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Simultaneous and consecutive
  • accompany
  • all the whileidiom
  • along
  • along the wayidiom
  • alternate
  • even
  • in rotationidiom
  • in tandemidiom
  • in the processidiom
  • live stream
  • process
  • step
  • successive
  • successively
  • sync
  • synchronized
  • the minute (that)idiom
  • through
  • under
  • while
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back-to-backadjective[before noun](CLOSE TOGETHER)

closetogether andfacinginoppositedirections:
UKback-to-backterracedhouses
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Closeness in distance and time
  • a hair's breadthidiom
  • a stone's throwidiom
  • about
  • ace
  • anywhere
  • anywhere nearidiom
  • approachable
  • around
  • hand to handidiom
  • hard by
  • here
  • hereabouts
  • roof
  • round the corneridiom
  • shadow
  • shout
  • step
  • stick together
  • super-convenient
  • tailgating
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(Definition ofback to backfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

back-to-back| American Dictionary

back-to-back
adjective[not gradable]
us/ˈbæk·təˈbæk/

back-to-backadjective[not gradable](BACKS TOUCHING)

withbackstouchingor toward each other:
Westoodback-to-back toseewho wastaller.
back-to-back
adjective,adverb[not gradable]

back-to-backadjective,adverb[not gradable](ONE AFTER ANOTHER)

onefollowingafter another:
Thesoccerteamwonback-to-backvictorieslastweekend.
(Definition ofback-to-backfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

back-to-back| Business English

back-to-back
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˌbæktəˈbæk/us
happeningone after the other, with nothing between:
Optimists alsopointout thatstockspostedheftygainsafterback-to-backlosses.
Homeowners werehitby the firstback-to-backriseininterestratesin more than fouryears.
Thefirmhad back-to-backquartersofstrongearnings.
(Definition ofback-to-backfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofback to back

back to back
The batches were analyzed inback-to-backassays to minimize interassay variation.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Headers and footers can be more than one line long, vary for odd and even pages (handy if your copy will be printedback-to-back), and include formatting and other commands.
From theCambridge English Corpus
I have in my hand photographs of my old constituency as it was with itsback-to-backhouses, its derelict spaces and its slums.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
For many people, things have hardly changed in the austere surroundings of theback-to-backterraced houses.
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Theback-to-backhouses in different parts of the country are abominable.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The old squares andback-to-backhouses were pulled down to put up tower blocks.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The occupants, in the main, are people who have been decanted, if that is the word, fromback-to-backhouses on to new housing estates.
From the
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I began life in a small two-up, two-down,back-to-backdwelling backing on to a railway embankment—very humble beginnings.
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Very few people nowadays buy a hi-fi system unless it has aback-to-backtaping system.
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These were mainly in streets of small, two-storeyed houses in terraces, but there were few tenements, and noback-to-backhouses.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Why did it appear easier to ventilateback-to-backtenements than it was to ventilateback-to-backhouses?
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He would have thought thatback-to-backhouses were much more salubrious thanback-to-backtenements.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
If twoback-to-backhouses were dealt with under this scheme and if they were made into one "patched" house, they would draw two subsidies.
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It contained the most appalling slums, with houses not justback-to-backbutback-to-back-to-back-to-back.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I should explain that aback-to-backrecording is one taken directly from a tape, and so on.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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