rear-end
rear-end — verb
- rear-endpresent simple I / you / we / they
- rear-ends3rd person singular
- rear-ending-ing form
- rear-endedpast simple
1. to drive your car forward so that its front hits the back of another car, usuall
to drive your car forward so that its front hits the back of another car, usually because you stopped too late.
Kenji rear-ended a taxi when the traffic stopped suddenly on the bridge.
rear-end + [vehicle] for a from-behind collision
A delivery van rear-ended Trang's small red hatchback at the red light.
subject is the car behind, object is the car in front
The bus driver braked hard, and the taxi behind almost rear-ended it.
Andrés was texting and rear-ended a parked truck outside the school.
Two cars rear-ended each other on the icy road near the station.
- ram
stronger; suggests a deliberate or very forceful hit, not only from behind
- collide with
more formal and neutral; does not say which car was behind
文法句型
rear-end + [vehicle]
用法筆記
Subject is the vehicle behind; the object is the vehicle in front that gets hit. The driver who rear-ends another is usually treated as at fault.
常見錯誤
rear-end — noun
1. the section at the back of a car, bus, or truck, especially its outside near the
the section at the back of a car, bus, or truck, especially its outside near the bumper.
The crash left a deep dent in the rear-end of Nellie's blue van.
rear-end as the damaged back section of a vehicle
Eli washed the mud off the rear-end of the farm truck before the trip.
the + rear-end + of + [vehicle]
A bright sticker covered the whole rear-end of the school bus.
The mechanic checked the rear-end of the car for rust and loose bolts.
Zola painted the rear-end of her old van bright yellow last summer.
- front
the part of the vehicle with the headlights and engine
用法筆記
Almost always used with 'of' plus a vehicle, and refers to the outside back of the vehicle rather than the inside.
2. the soft part of your body that you rest on when you sit down; a polite, joking
the soft part of your body that you rest on when you sit down; a polite, joking word for the bottom.
Élise slipped on the ice and landed hard on her rear-end.
informal, jokey word for the bottom
Christopher sat on a wet bench and got a cold patch on his rear-end.
The toddler bounced down the stairs on his rear-end, laughing the whole way.
Meera rubbed her sore rear-end after the long, bumpy bus ride home.
The coach told the players to get off their rear-ends and start running.
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: this sense is about the human body, while sense 1 is the back of a vehicle. Used to avoid coarser words for the bottom.