background

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past. countable,uncountable
    — The lawyer had a background in computer science.
  2. A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context. countable,uncountable
    — Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close[…]above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them. Many insects probably use this strategy, which is a close analogy to crypsis in the visible world — camouflage and other methods for blending into one’s visual background.
  3. An extra who appears in the background, with no speaking role. countable,uncountable
  4. Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history. countable,uncountable
  5. A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground). countable,uncountable
    — There was tons of noise in the background.
  6. The image or color over which a computer's desktop items are shown (e.g. icons or application windows). countable,uncountable
  7. A type of activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user. countable,uncountable
    — The antivirus program is running in the background.
  8. Ellipsis of background radiation. abbreviation,alt-of,countable,ellipsis,uncountable
    — low-background
动词 v.
  1. To place in the background. transitive
    — Ha! I see Venus’ transit now;—lo! a new planet there;—and behind all, an infinite starry nebulousness, as if thy being were backgrounded by some spangled vail of mystery.
  2. simple past and past participle of backgrind form-of,participle,past
  3. To put in a position that is not prominent. figuratively,transitive
    — One aspect of the story that appears interesting is that the alleged rapist and victim are only referred to by name together in the same sentence once. In all the other sentences, one receives more focus, while the other is backgrounded.
  4. To gather and provide background information (on).
  5. To increase the weight and immunity of (a calf) by feeding with forage and grains, as an intermediate stage in cattle production, between weaning and placement in a feedlot. transitive
形容词 adj.
  1. Less important or less noticeable in a scene or system. not-comparable
    — background noise

词形变化

back ground alternative,obsolete backgrounds plural back ground alternative,obsolete backgrounds present,singular,third-person backgrounding participle,present backgrounded participle,past backgrounded past back ground alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

反义词
conspicuous foreground forestanding primary prominent
衍生词
background check backgrounder background fodder background investigation background music background noise background process background processing background radiation background radiation equivalent time background right backgroundy cosmic background cosmic background radiation cosmic gravitational wave background cosmic gravitational-wave background cosmic infrared background cosmic microwave background cosmic neutrino background deep background extragalactic background light gravitational wave background gravitational-wave background headground low-background low-background lead low-background steel multibackground on background superbackground

词源

From back + ground. Compare backstory.
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