backpedal

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An act of backpedalling (in any sense).
    — He should come out of his backpedal and turn to run only when a receiver threatens to get behind him in the zone.
动词 v.
  1. To pedal backwards on a bicycle. intransitive
    — The road was on a hill and the boy was going down the slope, and as he flashed by he started backpedalling very quickly so that the free-wheeling mechanism of his bike made a loud whirring sound.
  2. To step backwards. intransitive
    — The player had to backpedal before catching the ball.
  3. To distance oneself from an earlier claim or statement; back off from an idea. idiomatic,intransitive
    — Though initially adopting a hard-line stance, the politician soon started to backpedal.

词形变化

backpedals present,singular,third-person backpedaling US,participle,present backpedalling UK,participle,present backpedaled US,participle,past backpedaled US,past backpedalled UK,participle,past backpedalled UK,past back-pedal alternative backpeddle alternative backpedals plural back-pedal alternative backpeddle alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
backpedal brake backpedaler backpedaller

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English back
English pedal
English backpedal
From back + pedal.
词源 2
Etymology tree
English back
English pedal
English backpedal
From back + pedal.
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