(1)后部(back or hind part;the area or position that lies at the back)[U，the～][N(of)]：a garage at/in/to the～of the house 房子后面/后部/后头的车库;He walked toward the～of the house. 他朝房子后面走去。seats facing the～朝后的座位;attack the enemy's～攻击敌人的后方;the～door/entrance/end 后门/后面的入口处/后部;a～view mirror 后视镜;a car's～window/lights/wheels/doors 汽车的后窗/尾灯/后车轮/后门;〖同〗back part;〖反〗front;

(2)臀部(part of the body where one sits)[C](infml)：She slapped him on the～. 她用手打他的屁股。a kick in/on the～踢屁股;〖同〗behind;

bring up the rear 殿后，走在最后：The men on horseback brought up the～in the procession. 骑马者走在队伍的后面。

→′rearmost adj 最后面的;′rearward n 后部;′rearward(s) adv 朝(向)后面;′rearguard n 后卫，殿后;͵rear-′admiral n 海军少将;

【辨异】BrE中 at the rear of是指“在……后面”，如：a garden at the rear of the house(房子后面的花园——在房子的外面);in the rear of 是指“在……内靠后的部分”，如：a kitchen in the rear of the house(厨房在房子的后面——在房子里)。 AmE中两种情况下都用 in the rear of。