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  1. backstop

    • IPA[ˈbakstɒp]

    英式

    • n.
      a thing placed at the rear of something as a barrier or support;an emergency precaution or last resort
    • v.
      support or reinforce;act as backstop for.
    • verb: backstop, 3rd person present: backstops, gerund or present participle: backstopping, past tense: backstopped, past participle: backstopped

    • noun: backstop, plural noun: backstops

    • 釋義

    名詞

    • 1. a thing placed at the rear of something as a barrier or support pull back harder until you reach the backstop on the stick
    • an emergency precaution or last resort the human operator has to act as the ultimate backstop when things go badly wrong
    • 2. a high fence or similar structure behind the home plate area.
    • a catcher.

    動詞

    • 1. support or reinforce the founding banks were backstopping the loans
    • 2. act as backstop for.
    • act as goaltender for the man who backstopped the Edmonton Oilers
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    • IPA[ˈbakˌstäp]

    美式

    • n.
      a person or thing placed at the rear of or behind something as a barrier, support, or ... bullets volleyed into the backstop of a flood-control canal
    • v.
      support or reinforce: the founding banks were backstopping the loans

    Oxford American Dictionary