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swept-back

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Hair & beauty, Air
ˌswept-ˈback adjective  1. DCBhair that is swept-back is brushed backwards from your face 〔头发〕向后梳的2. TTAswept-back wings on an aircraft look like the letter v 〔飞机机翼〕后掠的,后掠成 V 字形的
Examples from the Corpus
swept-backThomas Sachs stood to one side of her, his blue eyes bright beneath the shock of white, swept-back hair.A fractional rig is set on a Proctor spar with swept-back spreaders.The Delta employs the same principle with its reflex on the swept-back tips.
ˌswept-ˈback adjectiveChineseSyllable
that is swept-back brushed Corpus hair is face from your backwards


swept-back
ˌswept-ˈback adjective
1. hair that is swept-back is brushed backwards from your face
2. swept-back wings on an aircraft look like the letter v


swept-backBrE /ˌswept ˈbæk/ 🔊NAmE /ˌswept ˈbæk/ 🔊 adjective [only before noun] (of hair 头发) pulled back from your face 往后梳的;往后扎的(of an aircraft wing 机翼) pointing backwards 后掠的