| 单词 | fore |
| 释义 | fore fore1 /fawr, fohr/, adj. 1. situated at or toward the front, as compared with something else. 2. first in place, time, order, rank, etc.; forward; earlier. 3. Naut. a. of or pertaining to a foremast. b. noting a sail, yard, boom, etc., or any rigging belonging to a fore lower mast or to some upper mast of a foremast. c. noting any stay running aft and upward to the head of a fore lower mast or to some specified upper mast of a foremast: fore topmast stay. d. situated at or toward the bow of a vessel; forward. adv. 4. Naut. at or toward the bow. 5. forward. 6. Obs. before. 7. fore and aft, Naut. in, at, or to both ends of a ship. n. 8. the forepart of anything; front. 9. the fore, Naut. the foremast. 10. to the fore, a. into a conspicuous place or position; to or at the front. b. at hand; ready; available. c. still alive. prep., conj. 11. Also, 'fore. Informal. before. [by construal of FORE- as an adj., hence nominalized; fore and aft perh. as trans. of D or LG; sense "before" (defs. 6, 11) perh. continuation of ME, OE fore in this sense, or as aph. form of AFORE] fore2 /fawr, fohr/, interj. Golf. (used as a cry of warning to persons on a course who are in danger of being struck by the ball.) [1875-80; prob. aph. var. of BEFORE] |
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