English-Thai Dictionary

aback

ADV งงงวย  ngong-nguai

 

aback

ADV ถอยหลัง  back backward toi-lang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ABACK

adv. [At, on or towards the back. See Back. ] Towards the back; on the back part; backward. In seamen's language it signifies the situation of the sails, when pressed back against the mast by the wind.
Taken aback, is when the sails are carried back suddenly by the wind.
Laid aback, is when the sails are purposely placed in that situation to give the ship sternway.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ABACK

A *back ", adv. Etym: [Pref. a- + back; AS. on bæc at, on, or toward the back. See Back. ]

 

1. Toward the back or rear; backward. "Therewith aback she started. " Chaucer.

 

2. Behind; in the rear. Knolles.

 

3. (Naut. )

 

Defn: Backward against the mast; -said of the sails when pressed by the wind. Totten. To be taken aback. (a ) To be driven backward against the mast; -- said of the sails, also of the ship when the sails are thus driven. (b ) To be suddenly checked, baffled, or discomfited. Dickens.

 

ABACK

ABACK Ab "ack, n.

 

Defn: An abacus. [Obs. ] B. Jonson.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

aback

a back |əˈbak əˈbæk | ▶adverb 1 archaic toward or situated to the rear: the little strip of pasture aback of the house. 2 Sailing with the sail pressed backward against the mast by a headwind. PHRASES take someone aback shock or surprise someone: he was taken aback by the sharpness in her voice. ORIGIN Old English on bæc. Long written as two words, the term came to be treated as a single word in nautical use.

 

Oxford Dictionary

aback

aback |əˈbak | ▶adverb 1 archaic towards or situated to the rear; back. 2 Sailing with the sail pressed backwards against the mast by a headwind. PHRASES take someone aback shock or surprise someone: he was taken aback by her directness. ORIGIN Old English on bæc (see a- 2, back ). The term came to be treated as a single word in nautical use.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

aback

aback adverb PHRASES take someone aback everyone in the church was taken aback when the groom's ex-wife stood up and objected to the marriage: surprise, shock, stun, stagger, astound, astonish, startle, take by surprise; dumbfound, stop someone in their tracks; shake (up ), jolt, throw, unnerve, disconcert, unsettle, bewilder; informal flabbergast, floor, bowl over.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

aback

aback adverb PHRASES take someone aback Joanna was taken aback by the violence of his reaction: surprise, shock, stun, stagger, astound, astonish, startle, take by surprise; dumbfound, daze, nonplus, stop someone in their tracks, stupefy, take someone's breath away; shake (up ), jolt, throw, unnerve, disconcert, disturb, disquiet, unsettle, discompose, bewilder; informal flabbergast, knock for six, knock sideways, knock out, floor, strike dumb.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

aback

a back /əbǽk /〖原義は 2 〗副詞 1 〘海 〙〈帆が 〉 (前方から風を受け )逆帆 （はん ）になって .2 ｟古 ｠後方に (backward ).be t à ken ab á ck 【予期せぬ事などに [で ]】〈人 〉が面食らう, 当惑する, びっくりする «by , at , with , that 節 » .