单词 | right in front |
释义 | > as lemmasright in front a. The foremost line or part of an army or battalion. Also, †a rank (obsolete), and in words of command; e.g. files to the front, right in front. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > part of army by position > [noun] > van or front forerunnerseOE vantward1297 formerward13.. forme-ward13.. vamward1338 fronta1375 pointa1382 frontier?a1400 vawarda1400 forayc1425 avantwardc1440 avant-garde1470 vanward1476 vantguard1485 vanguard1487 foreward1490 forefront1513 foremen1577 forefight?1611 vaunta1616 van1633 first line1663 front line1677 firing line1859 a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 3584 In sexe semli batailes..al be-fore in þe frond he ferde þan him-selue. 1485 Malory's Morte Darthur (Caxton) ii. x. sig. diii But alweyes kyng Lot helde hym in the formest frunte. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 22 Than..ffrochit into þe frount & a fray made. 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres Gloss. 250 Fronte, a French word, is the face or foreparte of a squadron or battell. a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) i. vii. 8 Both our powers, with smiling Fronts encountring. View more context for this quotation 1625 G. Markham Souldiers Accidence 6 The Rankes are called Frunts, because they stand formost..but in truth none can properly be called the Frunt, but the ranke which standeth formost. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 105 Front to Front Presented stood in terrible array. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 82 As Legions in the Field their Front display. View more context for this quotation 1700 S. L. tr. C. Frick Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 61 Commanded Captain Jochem, who led the Blacks, to march in the Front. 1775 R. King Life & Corr. (1894) I. 9 They..began their march, with a very wide Front. 1838–43 T. Arnold Hist. Rome III. xliii. 141 The..Gaulish horse charged the Romans front to front. 1859 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (1862) 7 Files to the front. 1859 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (1862) 18 A column Left in front will bring its rear companies to the front. 1859 F. A. Griffiths Artillerist's Man. (1862) 19 Open column, right in front—right about face. < as lemmas |
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