单词 | forth |
释义 | forth (fɔːʳθ ) In addition to the uses shown below, forth is also used in the phrasal verbs 'put forth' and 'set forth'. 1. adverb [ADVERB after verb] When someone goes forth from a place, they leave it. [literary] Go forth into the desert. I came forth to take the air. Synonyms: forward, out, away, ahead 2. adverb [ADVERB after verb] If one thing brings forth another, the first thing produces the second. [literary] Nature herself brings forth new forms of life. My reflections brought forth no conclusion. 3. adverb [ADVERB after verb] When someone or something is brought forth, they are brought to a place or moved into a position where people can see them. [literary] Pilate ordered Jesus to be brought forth. He brought forth a small gold amulet from beneath his robe. Synonyms: out, into the open, out of concealment 4. back and forth phrase B2 If someone moves back and forth, they repeatedly move in one direction and then in the opposite direction. He paced back and forth. Two boys were in the street, tossing a baseball back and forth. 5. to hold forth phrase If you hold forth on a subject, you speak confidently and for a long time about it, especially to a group of people. Barry was holding forth on politics. Synonyms: speak, go on, discourse, lecture Image of forth © Pete Spiro, Shutterstock Collocations: gush forth Her words gush forth, full of confidences, laughter and, occasionally, tears. Times, Sunday Times Water will gush forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The fare, five kopecks, stayed the same for fifty years, and the coins gushed forth with a pleasing ka-ching. The Times Literary Supplement I thought blood was gushing forth. Christianity Today In this postseason, finally free of blister and elbow problems, it all gushed forth. Globe and Mail The words will pour forth in a torrent. Christianity Today Paint on the wall behind him seems to pour forth from his head like fire. The Times Literary Supplement He may have had a fiction gap, but the nonfiction has continued to pour forth. Times, Sunday Times But the lucky thing was you knew when the rage was about to pour forth, because she would start to smell weird. Times, Sunday Times On brass, piano and woodwind, the actors pour forth a welter of emotion in riotous sound. Times, Sunday Times I could feel my mind grinding through the events of the day, chaotically analysing, spewing forth senseless questions, spurious connections. THE EXECUTION (2002) Her gob was certainly open, but there was just noise spewing forth. The Sun (2009) The silly side of me pictures a rabid white foam spewing forth when I speak. Exploring language (6th edn) (1995) It was a moment of high drama as plastic bags with old labels spilt forth. Times, Sunday Times Then, as now, platitudes spilled forth from top brass and politicians. The Sun The young man's lips spilled forth words that were realistic without being dour, full of sly humour and beautifully observed detail. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This leaves room for many ministries to spring forth from one need. Christianity Today When you unscrew the lids, those smells spring forth. Times, Sunday Times In the apse six ribs, resting on a clustered column, spring forth from the keystone. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Such experiences are reduced to a seed form, to spring forth again into existence, becoming memories or patterns of behavior. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 From this point, he stated, doubts began to spring forth unrelentingly. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was one of those days on which the sea co-operated with those who wish to venture forth on it. Times, Sunday Times We venture forth in order to secure provisions and reinforcements for our castles. Times, Sunday Times A marginally flintier personality has started to venture forth, one more jealous of the nation's (empty) coffers. Times,Sunday Times Yet now events demand you venture forth with insufficient or unreliable facts yourself. Times, Sunday Times His encouragement, his wisdom, and his incredible poems fired up his audiences to venture forth as poets. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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