backcloth

英 [ˈbækklɒθ]

美 [ˈbækklɔːθ]

n.  (挂在舞台后部的)彩画幕布，背景幕布; (事件的)背景

复数：backcloths　

BNC.22208

柯林斯词典

• （挂在舞台后部的）彩画幕布，背景幕布
  Abackclothis a large piece of cloth, often with scenery or buildings painted on it, that is hung at the back of a stage while a play is being performed.

in AM, use 美国英语用 backdrop


• N-SING （事件的）背景
  Thebackcloth toan event is the general situation in which it happens.
  1. I'm not impressed by the promise of tax cuts against the backcloth of a public-spending deficit.
     在公共开支出现赤字的情况下承诺减税让我不以为然。

英英释义

noun

• scenery hung at back of stage
  Synonym:backdropbackground

双语例句

• John Steinbeck used the dust and the pitiless skies as the backcloth to his novel.
  约翰·斯坦贝克把尘土和烈日炙烤的天空用作小说的背景。
• The events stood out against a backcloth of industrial unrest.
  在工业动荡不定的背景下，这些事件格外突出。
• I'm not impressed by the promise of tax cuts against the backcloth of a public-spending deficit.
  在公共开支出现赤字的情况下承诺减税让我不以为然。
• The context is the backcloth on which the values in planning are produced.
  核心价值是生成规划合法权威的法理基础，但在制度环境中发生异化。