aback
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معنی فارسی
قهقرائي به عقب غافلگير ناگهان (اسكاتلند) منزوي پرت
معنی کامل و مثالها
/ǝ bak´/adv.
● به قهقرا، به سوی عقب، عقب
● (دریانوردی) به سوی دکل
* to be taken aback
یکه خوردن، جا خوردن
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
Old English on bæc ‘backward’.
مثال
- He was taken aback by the news.
- The sudden question took her aback.
- I was taken aback by his honesty.
ترکیبهای رایج
Taken aback Caught aback Set aback
تعریف انگلیسی
adverb
- having the wind against the forward side of the sails “the ship came up into the wind with all yards aback”
- by surprise “taken aback by the caustic remarks”
مترادفها
adverb
Back, backward, rearward, regressively, to the rear.