(technical, chiefly Anatomy)further back in position; of or nearer the rear or hind end, especially of the body or a part of it (技 主剖)(位置)后的;(尤指身体)后部的,尾部的。 anterior 的反义词 the posterior part of the gut. 肠子的尾部。 a basal body situated just posterior to the nucleus. 正位于细胞核后部的基体。 ■(Medicine)relating to or denoting presentation of a fetus in which the rear or caudal end is nearest the cervix and emerges first at birth (医)(胎儿)身体后部,臀部 a posterior labour. 臀部先露分娩。
(formal)coming after in time or order; later (正式)之后的,以后的 a date posterior to the first Reform Bill. 第一次改革法案颁布之后一天。
noun
(humorous)a person's buttocks (幽默)臀部,屁股
派生 posteriority noun posteriorly adverb 语源
early 16th cent. (as a plural noun denoting descendants): from Latin, comparative of posterus 'following', from post 'after'