英汉词典

front 基本解释

• n. 前面；正面；前线
• vt. 面对；朝向；对付
• vi. 朝向
• adj. 前面的；正面的
• adv. 在前面；向前
• n. (Front)人名；(法)弗龙

front 词态变化

front 中文词源

来自PIE*bhren, 伸出，突出，词源同brink.

front 英文词源

front

front: [13] As its close French relative front still does, front used to mean ‘forehead’. Both come from Latin frōns, a word of dubious origins whose primary meaning was ‘forehead’, but which already in the classical period was extending figuratively to the ‘most forwardly prominent part’ of anything. In present-day English, only distant memories remain of the original sense, in such contexts as ‘put up a brave front’ (a now virtually dead metaphor in which the forehead, and hence the countenance in general, once stood for the ‘demeanour’).

The related frontier [14], borrowed from Old French frontiere, originally meant ‘front part’; its modern sense is a secondary development.
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front (n.)

late 13c., "forehead," from Old French front "forehead, brow" (12c.), from Latin frontem (nominative frons) "forehead, brow, front; countenance, expression (especially as an indicator of truthfulness or shame); facade of a building, forepart; external appearance; vanguard, front rank," a word of "no plausible etymology" (de Vaan). Perhaps literally "that which projects," from PIE *bhront-, from root *bhren- "to project, stand out" (see brink). Or from PIE *ser- (4), "base of prepositions and preverbs with the basic meaning 'above, over, up, upper'" [Watkins, not in Pokorny].

Sense "foremost part of anything" emerged in the English word mid-14c.; sense of "the face as expressive of temper or character" is from late 14c. (hence frontless "shameless," c. 1600). The military sense of "foremost part of an army" (mid-14c.) led to the meaning "field of operations in contact with the enemy" (1660s); home front is from 1919. Meaning "organized body of political forces" is from 1926. Sense of "public facade" is from 1891; that of "something serving as a cover for illegal activities" is from 1905. Adverbial phrase in front is from 1610s. Meteorological sense first recorded 1921.

front (v.)

1520s, "have the face toward," from Middle French fronter, from Old French front (see front (n.)). Meaning "meet face-to-face" is from 1580s. Meaning "serve as a public facade for" is from 1932. Related: Fronted; fronting.

front (adj.)

"relating to the front," 1610s, from front (n.). Front yard first attested 1767; front door is from 1807. The newspaper front page is attested from 1892; as an adjective in reference to sensational news, 1907.

front 词组搭配

front 英文释义

1. the immediate proximity of someone or something;

"she blushed in his presence"

"he sensed the presence of danger"

"he was well behaved in front of company"

2. the side that is forward or prominent

3. the side that is seen or that goes first

4. a sphere of activity involving effort;

"the Japanese were active last week on the diplomatic front"

"they advertise on many different fronts"

5. the line along which opposing armies face each other

6. a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals;

"he was a charter member of the movement"

"politicians have to respect a mass movement"

"he led the national liberation front"

7. (meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses

8. a person used as a cover for some questionable activity

9. the outward appearance of a person;

"he put up a bold front"

10. the part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer;

"he walked to the front of the stage"

front 双语例句

1. I wanted the front garden to be a blaze of colour.

我想让门前的花园变得五彩缤纷。

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2. Rue Guynemer begins at the front of the Fitzgerald site.

吉内梅街始于菲茨拉德故居前。

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3. Teachers staged a sit-down protest in front of the president's office.

老师们在校长办公室门前举行了一场静坐抗议。

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4. He stepped in front of her, barring her way.

他走到她前面，挡住了她的去路。

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5. Information officers are in the front line of putting across government policies.

新闻发言官处于传达政府政策的第一线。

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front 实用场景例句

...the debut single from the new five-piece fronted by singer Melissa Heathcoate.

以歌手梅利莎·希思科特为主唱的新5人组合的首支单曲

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Officers will crack down on lunatic motorists who speed or drive too close to the car in front...

警察将会严厉打击超速或是紧贴前车行驶的疯狂司机。

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'What's with this guy?' demanded an American voice in the row in front.

“这人怎么了?”前排有个美国人问道。

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Richard Dunwoody is in front in the jockeys' title race...

理查德·邓伍迪在职业赛马骑师冠军赛中领先其他选手。

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Some preliminary polls show him out in front.

一些初步民意调查显示他处于领先位置。

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He also fronted a group called Haircuts That Kill.

他还是一个叫做“酷炫发式”乐队的主唱。

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The commission, fronted by Sir Isaac Hayatali, was set up in June 1992.

由艾萨克·哈亚塔利爵士领导的这个委员会建立于 1992 年 6月。

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He fronted a formidable band of fighters...

他率领着一队可畏的斗士。

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There are some delightful Victorian houses fronting onto the pavement.

面对人行道有一些漂亮的维多利亚时代的房子。

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...real estate, which includes undeveloped land fronting the city convention center...

包括城市会议中心对面未开发土地的房地产

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...the People's Liberation Front.

人民解放阵线

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I went out there on the front porch...

我出来走到前廊上。

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She was only six and still missing her front teeth...

她才 6 岁，门牙还没长出来。

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The Guardian's front page carries a photograph of the two foreign ministers...

《卫报》的头版刊登了两国外交部长的一张合影。

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The violence in the Gaza Strip makes the front page of most of the newspapers.

加沙地带的暴力事件成为大多数报纸的头版新闻。

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...a stroll on the front...

漫步于海滨道

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Amy went out for a last walk along the sea front.

埃米出了门，最后一次沿着海滨道散步。

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Sonja's husband is fighting at the front.

索尼娅的丈夫正在前线打仗。

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...research across a wide academic front...

跨多个学术领域的研究

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We're moving forward on a variety of fronts.

我们正在多个方面向前推进。

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Michael kept up a brave front both to the world and in his home...

迈克尔对外界和家人都表现出一副勇敢的样子。

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His laugh-a-minute image is just a front to hide his deep unhappiness.

他滑稽可笑的形象只是用来掩饰内心深处痛苦的假面具。

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...a firm later identified by the police as a front for crime syndicates...

后经警方确认为犯罪集团幌子的一家公司

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He said the present civilian government is just a front for the old military regime.

他说现今的平民政府只不过是先前军事政权的一个幌子。

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The snow signaled the arrival of a front, and a high-pressure area seemed to be settling in...

下雪预示着冷热空气的交锋，而一个高气压区似乎也将到来并可能持续。

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A very active cold front brought dramatic weather changes to Kansas on Wednesday.

一股强冷空气前锋周三使堪萨斯的天气发生了剧变。

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If you lie your baby on his front, he'll lift his head and chest up.

如果让宝宝俯卧，他会把头和胸抬起。

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Stand at the front of the line...

站在队伍前头。

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Attached to the front of the house, there was a large veranda.

房子的正面有一条宽大的游廊。

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One man sat in an armchair, and the other sat on the front of the desk...

一个男人坐在扶手椅里，另一个坐在桌子前面。

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