单词 | front |
释义 | Word Frequency front(frʌnt) noun 1. that part or side that is forward, prominent, or most often seen or used 2. a position or place directly before or ahead a fountain stood at the front of the building 3. the beginning, opening, or first part the front of the book 4. the position of leadership; forefront; vanguard in the front of scientific knowledge 5. land bordering a lake, street, etc 6. land along a seashore or large lake, esp a promenade 7. military a. the total area in which opposing armies face each other b. the lateral space in which a military unit or formation is operating to advance on a broad front c. the direction in which troops are facing when in a formed line 8. meteorology the dividing line or plane between two air masses or water masses of different originsand having different characteristics See also warm front, cold front 9. outward aspect or bearing, as when dealing with a situation a bold front 10. assurance, overconfidence, or effrontery 11. informal a business or other activity serving as a respectable cover for another, usually criminal, organization 12. mainly US a nominal leader of an organization, etc, who lacks real power or authority; figurehead 13. informal outward appearance of rank or wealth 14. a particular field of activity involving some kind of struggle on the wages front 15. a group of people with a common goal a national liberation front 16. a false shirt front; a dicky 17. archaic the forehead or the face adjective (prenominal) 18. of, at, or in the front a front seat 19. phonetics of, relating to, or denoting a vowel articulated with the blade of the tongue brought forward and raised towards the hard palate, as for the sound of ee in English see or a in English hat 20. on the front foot verb 21. (when intr, foll by on or onto) to be opposite (to); face (onto) this house fronts the river 22. (transitive) to be a front of or for 23. (transitive) informal to appear as a presenter in (a television show) 24. (transitive) to be the lead singer or player in (a band) 25. (transitive) to confront, esp in hostility or opposition 26. (transitive) to supply a front for 27. (intransitive; often foll by up) Australian and New Zealand informal to appear (at) to front up at the police station Derived forms frontless (ˈfrontless) adjective Word origin C13 (in the sense: forehead, face): from Latin frōns forehead, foremost partWord Frequency front.abbreviation for frontispiece |
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