1. （建筑物或车辆的）后部，后面，背面
    The rear of something such as a building or vehicle is the back part of it.

    e.g. He settled back in the rear of the taxi.
           他靠坐在出租车的后排座上。
    e.g. ...a stairway in the rear of the building.
           大楼后面的楼梯

2. （队列的）尾部，最后一个
    If you are at the rear of a moving line of people, you are the last person in it.

    e.g. Musicians played at the front and rear of the procession...
           乐师们在队前和队尾表演。
    e.g. The Lord Mayor follows at the rear in his gilded coach.
           市长大人坐在他阔气的马车里在后面跟着。

3. 臀部;屁股
    Your rear is the part of your body that you sit on.

rear

    e.g. I turned away from the phone to see Lewis pat a waitress on her rear.
           我打完电话后转过头，看见刘易斯拍了拍一个女招待的屁股。

4. 抚养;养育;养大
    If you rear children, you look after them until they are old enough to look after themselves.

    e.g. She reared sixteen children, six her own and ten her husband's...
           她养大了16个孩子，其中6个是她亲生的，10个是她丈夫带来的。
    e.g. I was reared in east Texas.
           我在得克萨斯州东部长大。

5. 饲养（小动物）
    If you rear a young animal, you keep and look after it until it is old enough to be used for work or food, or until it can look after itself.

    e.g. She spends a lot of time rearing animals.
           她花费大量时间饲养动物。

6. （马）用后腿直立，暴跳
    When a horse rears, it moves the front part of its body upwards, so that its front legs are high in the air and it is standing on its back legs.

    e.g. The horse reared and threw off its rider.
           那匹马前蹄腾空向后仰，把骑手摔了下去。

7. 高耸，耸立（在眼前）
    If you say that something such as a building or mountain rears above you, you mean that is very tall and close to you.

    e.g. The exhibition hall reared above me behind a high fence...
           高高的围墙后面，展览大厅耸立在我面前。
    e.g. The mountains reared up on each side, steep and white.
           两边的山峦高耸入云，山势陡峭，覆盖着积雪。

8. 殿后
    If a person or vehicle is bringing up the rear, they are the last person or vehicle in a moving line of them.

    e.g. ...police motorcyclists bringing up the rear of the procession.
           摩托骑警行进在队伍最后

9. （令人不快之物）显现，露头，显露
    If something unpleasant rears its head or rears its ugly head, it becomes visible or noticeable.

    e.g. The threat of strikes reared its head again this summer...
           今年夏天又显现出了罢工的势头。
    e.g. The extreme right reared its ugly head in the 1980s.
           极右势力在20世纪80年代有所抬头。

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