aback
By surprise; startled; dumbfoundedBy surprise; startled; dumbfounded. (see usage)
» Tom was taken aback.
Том был ошеломлен.
Значение
значений: 4(без степеней сравнения)By surprise; startled; dumbfounded. (see usage)
by surprise
(без степеней сравнения)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.
про́тив ве́траprótiv vétra
having the wind against the forward side of the sails
(Geordie, архаичное, без степеней сравнения)Towards the back or rear; backwards.
rückwärts
наза́дnazád
наза́дnazád
(архаичное, без степеней сравнения)In the rear; a distance behind.
hinten
сза́диszádi, позади́pozadí
поза́дуpozádu, зза́дуzzádu
Примеры
предложений: 51Tom was taken aback.
Том был ошеломлен.
I was taken aback.
Я опешил.
I was quite taken aback by their bad manners.
I was a little taken aback.
You seemed taken aback.
Переводы
языков: 9По значениям 2
По значениям 3
По значениям 2
Происхождение
From Middle English abak, from Old English onbæc, equivalent to a- (“towards”) + back. ComFrom Middle English abak, from Old English onbæc, equivalent to a- (“towards”) + back. Compare West Frisian tebek (“aback”, adverb, literally “to/at back”), Swedish tillbaka (idem.).
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