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单词 affront
释义

affront /ə-fruntˈ/

transitive verb
  1. To meet face to face
  2. To face
  3. To confront
  4. To throw oneself in the way of (Shakespeare)
  5. To insult to one's face
noun
  1. A contemptuous treatment
  2. An open insult
  3. Indignity
ORIGIN: OFr afronter to slap on the forehead, from LL affrontāre, from L ad to, and frōns, frontis forehead

affronté, affrontée or affrontee /ä-fronˈtā or ə-frunˈtē/ adjective

  1. Facing each other
  2. Looking frontwise, or towards the beholder (heraldry)

affrontˈed adjective

Insulted or offended, esp in public

affrontˈing noun and adjective

affrontˈingly adverb

affrontˈive adjective

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