aback
/əˈbæk/
- adv.
- 向后，朝后，突然，船顶风地
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副词adverb
- 1archaic, GeordieTowards the back or rear; backwards. [First attested prior to 1150.]
- 2archaicIn the rear; a distance behind. [First attested prior to 1150.]
- 3By surprise; startled; dumbfounded. (see usage)
- 4(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. [First attested in the late 17th century.]