| 单词 | front matter | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasfront matter   front matter n. Printing (originally U.S.) all matter (title page, preface, table of contents, etc.) in a book that precedes the text; the prelims. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > matter of book > 			[noun]		 > matter preceding text front matter1909 1909    Cent. Dict. Suppl.  				Front matter. 1920    Publishers' Weekly 4 Oct. 1660/2  				We have cast-off your manuscript and estimate it will make 8 pages of front-matter and 248 pages of text. 1966    H. Williamson Methods Bk. Design 		(ed. 2)	 xii. 176  				American designers sometimes use the terms ‘front matter’ and ‘end matter’. < as lemmas | 
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