phrasal verbphr vOPPOSITE/FACEif a building backs onto something, its back faces it 〔建筑物〕背靠,背对
The hotel backs onto St Mark’s Square.
这家宾馆背靠圣马可广场。
Examples from the Corpus
back onto • The development is sited three miles from Weston town centre and backs ontogreenbelt land.• Burun had rockedback onto his heels.• He turned back onto his left.• Howard sinksback onto the day-bed.• I steered the car up the on-rampback onto the freeway.• Wildfowlers would like to get redshanks back onto the list of birds which can be legally shot.• Coming off yet another kneeinjury, Masakayan took longer than usual to get back onto the sand.• Three were draggedback onto the train and taken by the scruff of the neck from station to police car.