英语词汇“first”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

first

释义

first¹/fuhst/ adj

denoting a person or thing having the position in a sequence corresponding to the number one

preceding all the rest; earliest

the first human beings

in the top or winning place

most important and, therefore, taking precedence

our first task

leading or most senior

the first minister

in music, denoting one of two parts for the same instrument or voice, usu higher in pitch and carrying the melody

denoting the first and lowest forward gear of a motor vehicle

first thing

early the next day

first things first

everything in its due order

not have the first idea/notion

to have not the slightest idea

of the first order

of the most excellent or outstanding kind

I really have been an idiot of the first order

[Old English fyrst]

first²adv

before anybody or anything else; at the beginning

We arrived first and left last

by way of introduction or preliminary; to start with

First, let me thank Liz Cooke for arranging this venue

for the first time

the men who first landed on the moon

come first

to win or be top

to take precedence

Passenger safety comes first with us

feet/head first

with the feet or head leading

Lucy slid down the chute head first

first and last

always and most importantly

He was, first and last, a Yorkshireman

first come first served

people will be dealt with in the order in which they arrive

first of all

before doing anything else

first off

informal to start with; firstly

First off, there's the expense

first up

informal first of all

first³noun and pronoun

a person, thing, or group, that is first

a thing that has never happened, been done, or been experienced before

Who was the first to arrive?

He was one of the first to collect Picasso

This holiday-camp venture will be a first for us

the first and lowest forward gear of a motor vehicle; bottom gear

I couldn't get into first

in Britain, a first-class honours degree

He got a first in economics at Manchester University

at first

at the beginning; to start with; initially

first past the post

winning by reaching the finishing post first

(first-past-the-post) (used before a noun) denoting the electoral system in which the candidate with a simple majority wins

from first to last

from beginning to end

He was a devoted friend from first to last

from the first

from the very beginning

We liked her from the first

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first1/fuhst/ adj

first2adv

first3noun and pronoun

first¹/fuhst/ adj

first²adv

first³noun and pronoun