posterior

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
/pɒsˈtɪə.ɹi.ə/    /poʊˈstɪɹ.i.ɚ/|/pɑˈstɪɹ.i.ɚ/|/pɔsˈtɪə.ɹi.ə/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The posterior portions of the human body; especially, the buttocks. euphemistic,humorous,sometimes
    — Stephen reigned from 1135-1154, that nasty period of our history dubbed 'The Anarchy', when forces loyal to Stephen contested the throne with those of Henry I's daughter Matilda, who by rights should have been queen. Stephen, her cousin, plonked his own posterior on the throne.
  2. The probability that a hypothesis is true (calculated by Bayes' theorem).
形容词 adj.
  1. Nearer the rear or hind end; nearer the caudal end of the body in quadrupeds or the dorsal end in bipeds.; Relating to or denoting presentation of a fetus in which the rear or caudal end is nearest the cervix and emerges first at birth.
  2. Nearer the rear or hind end; nearer the caudal end of the body in quadrupeds or the dorsal end in bipeds.; Next to, or facing the main stem or axis.
  3. Following in order or in time. formal

词形变化

more posterior comparative most posterior superlative posteriour alternative posteriors plural posteriour alternative

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pós
Proto-Indo-European *-ti
Proto-Indo-European *pósti
Proto-Italic *posti
Old Latin poste
Latin post
Latin posterus
Latin posteriorbor.
English posterior
Borrowed from Latin posterior (“that comes or follows after; later, latter”).
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *pós
Proto-Indo-European *-ti
Proto-Indo-European *pósti
Proto-Italic *posti
Old Latin poste
Latin post
Latin posterus
Latin posteriorbor.
English posterior
Borrowed from Latin posterior (“that comes or follows after; later, latter”).
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