| 单词 | frank |
| 释义 | Word Frequency frank(fræŋk) adjective 1. honest and straightforward in speech or attitude a frank person 2. outspoken or blunt 3. open and avowed; undisguised frank interest 4. an obsolete word for free, generous verb (transitive) 5. mainly British to put a mark on (a letter, parcel, etc), either cancelling the postage stamp or in place of a stamp, ensuring free carriage See also postmark 6. to mark (a letter, parcel, etc) with an official mark or signature, indicating the right of free delivery 7. to facilitate or assist (a person) to come and go, pass, or enter easily 8. to obtain immunity for or exempt (a person) noun 9. an official mark or signature affixed to a letter, parcel, etc, ensuring free delivery or delivery without stamps 10. the privilege, issued to certain people and establishments, entitling them to delivery without postage stamps Derived forms frankable (ˈfrankable) adjective franker (ˈfranker) noun frankness (ˈfrankness) noun Word origin C13: from Old French franc, from Medieval Latin francus free; identical with Frank (in Frankish Gaul only members of this people enjoyed full freedom)Word Frequency Frank 1(fræŋk) noun a member of a group of West Germanic peoples who spread from the east bank of the middle Rhine into the Roman Empire in the late 4th century ad, gradually conquering most of Gaul and Germany. The Franks achieved their greatest power under Charlemagne Word origin Old English Franca; related to Old High German Franko; perhaps from the name of a typical Frankish weapon (compare Old English franca javelin)Word Frequency Frank 2noun 1. (Dutch fraŋk) Anne. 1929–45, German Jew, whose Diary (1947) recorded the experiences of her family while in hiding from the Nazis in Amsterdam (1942–44). They were betrayed and she died in a concentration camp 2. (fræŋk) Robert. 1924–2019, US photographer and film maker, born in Switzerland; best known for his photographic book The Americans (1959) |
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