| 单词 | in front |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin (†the) front b. in (†the) front (adverbial phr.): in an advanced or forward position; on the side that meets the eye; in a position facing the spectator. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > front > at or in (the) front [phrase] in (the) front1613 in his, our, etc. front1777 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage 380 With his whole forces, in front, [he] assailed. 1700 T. Brown Amusem. Serious & Comical iii. 21 By comes a Christning, with the Reader and the Midwife strutting in the Front. 1748 Acct. Voy. for Discov. North-west Passage I. 133 The upper Story had the two Captains Cabins in Front. 1821 G. W. Manby Voy. Greenland (1823) 134 Determined..to attack him [a bear] in front, I got upon the ice. 1847 A. M. Gilliam Trav. Mexico (new ed.) 76 These dirt hovels presented a bold contrast with the city behind, and the wealthy church in front. 1847 A. M. Gilliam Trav. Mexico (new ed.) 99 A kind of shawl [which] by being crossed in front, obscures the bosom. 1879 G. C. Harlan Eyesight ix. 129 The most injurious direction for light to come from is that directly in front. 1895 Sc. Antiquary 10 78 Setting an old press in front so as to conceal the door. < as lemmas |
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