aback
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Trạng từ
adverb- 1.
(Geordie, archaic, not comparable)Towards the back or rear; backwards.
- 2.
(archaic, not comparable)In the rear; a distance behind.
- 3.
(not comparable)By surprise; startled; dumbfounded. (see usage)
- 4.
(not comparable)(nautical) Backward against the mast; said of the sails when pressed by the wind from the "wrong" (forward) side, or of a ship when its sails are set that way.
Danh từ
nounPlural noun:
abacks
- 1.
(Early, Modern, obsolete)(obsolete, Early Modern) An inscribed stone square.
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From Middle English abak, from Old English onbæc, equivalent to a- + back. Compare tebek aback, tillbaka (idem.).