英语词汇“front”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	front
释义	front I. \ˈfrənt\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English frount, front, from Old French front, from Latin front-, frons — more at brink 1. a. : forehead, brow < slavery will be branded on our front — W.E.Channing > also : the whole face < tears ran down that noble front > b. (1) : countenance, demeanor, bearing, or posture especially in the face of danger or other trial < let us … take with unshaken front what comes — Theodore Roosevelt > < appeared with dauntless front, accompanied by his paramour — T.B.Macaulay > (2) : the outward, visible, or feigned bearing or behavior of a person as contrasted with his true or essential character, feelings, or condition < the brave front she had maintained so long — T.B.Costain > < has good within him, behind a perfectly abominable front — Irving Stone > < a perpetually phony front of good fellowship is maintained — V.A.Young > < was putting up a front … in order not to distress this girl — Mary R. Rinehart > also : external and often feigned appearance (as of material prosperity or high social position) < very good clothes at bargain prices — important to a man who must maintain a front — R.M.Yoder > (3) : an artificial, affected, or self-important manner : show of vanity or haughtiness : airs < he was very humble and had no front for a prince — Time > (4) : stand or posture in reference to some issue or problem : point of view, outlook, policy, position — chiefly used with change < a change of front was signaled by his offer to come to terms > < suddenly changed front and threw in with the opposition > c. (1) : the foremost rank (as of an army) : van (2) : a line of battle (3) often capitalized : a zone of conflict especially between armies < a division going up to the front > (4) : lateral space occupied by a military unit (5) — used as a military command of execution for individuals to turn their heads straight forward (as after dressing to the right) < ready, front! > (6) — used as a call by a hotel desk clerk in summoning a bellboy (7) : a sphere or area of conflict or activity < while men are always on fire over their opinions, they are rarely so on more than one front at a time — Curtis Bok > < the four fronts are military, economic, political, and psychological — Congressional Record > < progress on the educational front > < a fairly quiet month on the athletic front — Dartmouth Alumni Magazine > d. (1) : a coalition or movement linking persons, elements, or groups often of diverse political, ideological, or other tendency in an effort to achieve certain common objectives < common unity and a common front are surely a pressing political need — Christopher Fremantle > < announced his purpose to be the erection of a solid front … a hemisphere wholly prepared to consult together for our mutual safety — R.W.Van Alstyne > < a united psychiatric front to frustrate the drive of courts and lawyers to make psychiatric testimony conform to antiquated concepts — Edward de Grazia > specifically : a coalition of political parties of diverse ideological or other tendency for the achievement of certain common objectives — usually used with a qualifier < and to create a popular democratic front — Collier's Year Book > < the people's fronts represented an intermediate stage between Western and Soviet forms of democracy — Taylor Cole > (2) : a person, group, or thing that is used to cover up or mislead concerning the identity or the usually illegal, harmful, or self-serving true character, purpose, or activity of the actual controlling or directing agent : facade < uses her as a front for his sinister machinations — New York Times Book Review > < operated a florist shop as a front — Robert Shaplen > < assailed the … nominees as fronts for a party of privilege — Collier's Year Book > < all political groups and mass organizations are useful fronts to strengthen the party's influence — N.D.Palmer & South CarolinaLeng > (3) : a person who serves as the official though often only nominal head or spokesman of an enterprise or group to lend it prestige : figurehead < a retired general with an impressive war record made an excellent front for the company > 2. : something that confronts or faces forward: as a. (1) : a face of a building; especially : the face that contains the principal entrance (2) : the part of a theater in front of the curtain; also : the personnel engaged to work there (3) : the faceplate of a mortise lock through which the ends of the bolt are projected (4) : the part of a crab's carapace between the eyes (5) : frons 2 (6) : the forepart of the chest and forelegs in a quadruped (7) : the forepart of a garment < a book … propped against his meager front of tweed — James Stern > (8) : shirtfront (9) : dickey (10) : the part of the human figure opposite to the back < lying on his front > b. (1) : the part or surface of something that seems to look out or be directed forward : the fore or forward part < a grasshopper's back is really his front — J.B.S.Haldane > (2) : land that faces or abuts (as on a body of water, a river, a road) : frontage < a lake front > also : a promenade along the beach at a seaside resort < they walked on the front together — W.S.Maugham > (3) : a relatively narrow zone of rock characterized by concentration of some elements or scarcity of others relative to adjacent zones (4) : the end of a dynamo or motor shaft opposite to the end that carries the pulley or other coupling member (5) : the side of a paper machine from which it is operated (6) : the boundary between two dissimilar air masses — see cold front, warm front (7) : the part of the upper surface of the tongue behind the blade that lies opposite the hard palate when the tongue is at rest (8) : belly 5d c. : the first part of something: as (1) archaic : the first part of a season or other unit of time : beginning (2) fronts plural : the first portion of a distillate < benzene fronts > d. : something attached to the forepart: as (1) : false hair worn over the forehead by a woman (2) : the part of a bridle that crosses the forehead — see bridle illustration 3. a. : a position directly before or ahead of a person or before the foremost part of a thing < with six seconds to go he forged out in the front of his rivals > < a tree stood in the front of the yard > b. : a position of leadership, advantage, or superiority in any field < an indefatigable worker, he rapidly made his way to the front of his profession > • - front and center - in front of - out front II. verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: partly from Middle French fronter, from front, n.; partly from front (I) *intransitive verb* 1. : to have or turn the face or front in a specified direction : face < the house fronts toward the east > 2. a. : to act as a sponsor, advocate, or spokesman < the persons who had gotten them jobs fronted for them in time of stress — C.R.Cooper > < his ability to … front for the United States in world affairs — Time > b. : to serve as a front < fronting for oil interests — Current Biography > < the top men in the community have little time for committee meetings; they send a lesser man to front for them — O.S.Strong > *transitive verb* 1. a. : to face up to : confront < went to the woods because I wished … to front only the essential facts of life — H.D.Thoreau > < loses his job … and with it his ability to front life benignly — J.P.Bishop > b. : to appear before : meet face-to-face < daily fronted him in some fresh splendor — Alfred Tennyson > 2. a. : to stand in front of : serve as a front to < a lawn fronting a house > b. : to be the leader of (a dance orchestra) < appeared as soloist in reviews, in addition to fronting bands — Esquire's Jazz Book > 3. obsolete : begin, introduce, preface 4. : to supply a front to : put a facing upon < fronted the building with brick > 5. : to face or look toward : have the front toward, opposite, or over against < the house fronts the street > 6. : to articulate (a sound) with the tongue further forward III. adjective Etymology: front (I) 1. : of or relating to the front or forward part : situated in front < a front view > < front seats at the opera > 2. comparative sometimes fronter : articulated at or toward the front of the oral passage < \ē\, \ā\, \s\, and \p\ are front sounds > IV. adverb Etymology: front (I) : toward, in, or at the front or forward position < a pale boy rose and came front of the class — Willa Cather > < those who are older and sit farther front than I do — Henry Hewes > — often used in the phrases up front and out front < a few riflemen might be needed up front later — Combat Forces Journal > < way out front in the race — T.M.Pryor > V. abbreviation frontispiece VI. transitive verb 1. : advance 4b < fronted them a loan > 2. : to move (a word or phrase) to the beginning of a sentence 3. basketball : to play in front of (an opposing player) rather than between the player and the basket *intransitive verb* : bluff 2 VII. adjective : acting as a front < front companies >
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