1.rear的基本意思是“使长高”,现代英语中可表示“养大”,指饲养动物或抚养小孩。引申可表示“抬高”“建立”。
2.rear既可用作不及物动词,也可用作及物动词。用作及物动词时,可接名词、代词作宾语。可用于被动结构。
3.rear可接副词up表示“用后腿站立”“养大”。

rear up(v.+adv.)
1.用后腿站立 stand on its back legs lifting the front feet high
▲rear up
The horse reared up in fear, throwing its rider off.马被吓得用后腿站立起来,把骑手甩了下去。
The horse suddenly reared up and threw me off.马忽然用后腿直立起来,把我摔下马背。
2.养大 bring up sb
▲rear sb⇔up
The widowed mother reared up the two children.这位寡母把两个孩子拉扯大了。

用作不及物动词
▲S+～(+A)
Does an elephant rear?大象能用后腿站立吗?
The horse reared at the sight of the fire engine.看见救火车,马突然后腿站立。
用作及物动词
▲S+～+n./pron.
He rears all kinds of birds.他饲养各种鸟。
The boy's aunt reared him.男孩的姑妈抚养了他。
She reared a large family.她抚养了很多子女。
The snake reared its head.蛇抬起了头。
The men reared altars to the gods.人们为神修了祭坛。
They reared a monument to Li Shizhen's memory.他们立了石碑纪念李时珍。
◇ 用于be ～ed 结构
The houses were reared quickly.房子建得很快。
▲S+～+pron./n.+n./pron.
His father reared him a Buddhist.他父亲把他培养成为一个佛教徒。
▲S+～+n./pron.+to-v
We reared our children to help others.我们教育子女要乐于助人。

rear, bring up, grow up, raise
参见raise条。

1.rear也可用作形容词,意为“后方的,后部的,背后的”。例如:
This is a rear window.这是后窗。
That is the rear wheel of a bicycle.那是脚踏车的后轮。
Leave the bus by the rear entrance.从公共汽车后门下车。
2.rear还可用作名词,意为“后部,尾部”“臀部,屁股”。例如:
The hall is in the rear of the building.礼堂在大楼的后部。
We attacked the enemy in the rear.我们从敌人的背后袭击。
He got kicked in the rear.他屁股上挨了一脚。
She smacked a child's rear.她打孩子的屁股。

［同义词］   breed, educate, raise
［词源］＜古英语rran(抚养,养,养育)