| 单词 | frank |
| 释义 | frank (once / 183 pages) 1adj 2n 3v 4v To be frank is to be honest. Also, it's a hot dog. Eating a frank at the ballpark is, to be frank, an all-American experience. If you're open, honest, and candid, you're frank — that can mean refreshing honesty or too much information. Frank also has some lesser known uses. It can also mean to stamp with a postmark, or to pass someone through for free — like how your museum job lets you frank your friends into the planetarium. The most delicious meaning is for what you may know as a dog, frankfurter, hot dog, hotdog, weenie, wiener, or wiener-wurst. WORD FAMILYfrank: franked, franker, frankest, franking, frankly, frankness, franks+/frankness: franknesses USAGE EXAMPLESThat’s why he was frank with Graf about her chances from the outset. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) Every year, he asked Amnesty International and other organizations to join him for a frank roundtable discussion. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) He seems to treat the audience and other characters onstage with the same frank good manners. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1 1adj characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank Syn blunt, candid, forthright, free-spoken, outspoken, plainspoken, point-blank, straight-from-the-shoulder direct straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action 2adj clearly manifest; evident 2frank enjoyment Syn obvious easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind n a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll 3Syn|Hypo|Hyper dog, frankfurter, hot dog, hotdog, weenie, wiener, wienerwurst Vienna sausage short slender frankfurter usually with ends cut off sausage highly seasoned minced meat stuffed in casings v exempt by means of an official pass or letter, as from customs or other checks 4Hyper excuse, exempt, let off, relieve grant exemption or release to v stamp with a postmark to indicate date and time of mailing Syn|Hyper postmark stamp to mark, or produce an imprint in or on something Frank (once / 162 pages) n WORD FAMILY Frank: Franks USAGE EXAMPLESFranks said there is no “one size fits all” approach for dealing with trolls, but she doesn’t recommend trying to reason with them. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) "Shake with your right hand, but hold a rock with your left," says Frank Underwood, the ruthless US president in the TV series. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) In addition to her daughter, she is survived by two sons, Mark Lansburgh and Frank Bell Appleby, and four grandchildren. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) n a member of the ancient Germanic peoples who spread from the Rhine into the Roman Empire in the 4th century Exp|Hypo|Hyper Clovis I king of the Franks who unified Gaul and established his capital at Paris and founded the Frankish monarchy; his name was rendered as Gallic `Louis' (466-511) Salian, Salian Frank a member of the tribe of Franks who settled in the Netherlands in the 4th century AD European a native or inhabitant of Europe |
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