| 单词 | the fore |
| 释义 | > as lemmas(at) the fore b. Nautical. (at) the fore: (see quot. 1883). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > spar > [phrase] > at the foremast (at) the fore1860 1860 J. L. Motley Hist. United Netherlands II. xix. 475 Medina Sidonia hoisted the royal standard at the fore. 1883 W. C. Russell Sailors' Lang. at Fore At the fore, means at the fore~royal mast-head. to the fore 4. to the fore: (Scottish and Anglo-Irish phrase, introduced into English literary use in the 19th cent.) extracted from foreadj. a. Of a person: Present, on the spot, within call. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > presence > present [phrase] in (also into, intil, to) present?c1225 in (the) presencea1393 in placea1400 upon the place1600 in evidence1612 to the fore1637 on (also upon) hand (also hands)1835 sur place1915 on-site1946 on the ground1960 1637 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. 363 If Christ had not been to the fore in our sad days, the waters had gone over our soul. 1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso 416 Some Italian Princes who were yet to the fore, could not be weighed. 1726 R. Erskine Sonn. ii. i. §6 Yield not..The Lion strong of Judah's tribe, Thy Husband, 's to the fore. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering III. vi. 101 I wuss auld Sherra Pleydell was to the fore here! 1829 A. M. Hall Sketches Irish Char. II. 15 Why didn't you give it me, and I to the fore? 1852 C. J. Lever Daltons II. xxxv If he hasn't me to the fore to prove what I said, he can do nothing. b. Still surviving, alive. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > continuance or tenacity of life > [adjective] unslowc1000 unslaina1325 unmortificatea1475 unkilled1546 survivanta1575 unmurdered1586 relict1587 surviving1594 survivor1602 superstitea1623 unmassacreda1627 to the fore1695 unslaughtered1719 unbutchered1835 unassassinated1842 unimmolated1855 unmartyred1908 1695 Earl of Cromarty Vindic. Robert III 14 The said Lord John..being to the fore, and on Life. 1724 A. Ramsay Tea-table Misc. (1733) I. 22 As lang's Sandy's to the fore Ye never shall get Nansy. 1787 R. Burns Let. 1 June (2001) I. 121 Gif the beast be to the fore. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian vi, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. IV. 128 While this grey head is to the fore, not a clute o' them but sall be as weel cared for as if they were the fatted kine of Pharaoh. 1888 J. Payn Myst. Mirbridge vi The steward..though stricken in years—was still to the fore. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > going first or in front > in advance or in front [phrase] to (the) headward1577 in (the) front of1609 to the fore with1646 in one's van1720 in the first flight1852 1646 R. Baillie Let. 7 Aug. (1841) II. 386 I am now two to the fore with yow, albeit I wrote none the last post. d. Of money, etc.: Ready at or to hand, forthcoming; available. †to go to the fore: to be put to one's credit. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > solvency > be solvent [verb (intransitive)] > be put to one's credit to go to the fore1636 society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > keep accounts [verb (intransitive)] > be put to credit to go to the fore1636 the mind > possession > acquisition > [adjective] > obtained or acquired > able to be > easily on (in) tap1483 to the fore1636 euporistical1657 push-buttona1935 on-demand1962 1636 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. 181 Therefore my wages are going to the fore up in heaven. 1639 R. Baillie Lett. & Jrnls. (1841) I. 152 He had a good estate, and well to the foore. 1640 Dumbarton Burgh Rec. in Irving Hist. Dumbartonsh. (1860) 525 Gif thay had common guid to the foir. 1660 Sharp Let. 11 May in Wodrow Hist. I. Introd. 25 Is his broad Sword to the fore? 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth viii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 197 If these are not to the fore, it is the Provost's fault, and not the town's. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xxv. 211 How many Captains in the regiment have two thousand pounds to the fore. e. In recent use sometimes taken to mean ‘in full view, conspicuous’. So to come to the fore occurs for: ‘to come to the front’, ‘to come into view’. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > visibility > [adverb] > clearly visible > in full view in view?c1475 in the face of1482 on view1800 to the fore1842 1842 R. H. Barham Auto-da-fé in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 77 Magnificent structures..As our Irish friends have it, are there ‘to the fore’. 1876 World No. 106. 5 These vermin seldom venture to come to the fore themselves. 1880 Manch. Guard. 23 Nov. The vexed question of local taxation reform must come to the fore next session. < as lemmas |
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