英语词汇“frontier”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	frontier
释义	fron·tier I. \ˌfrən.ˈti(ə)r, -ˈtiə, ˈ ̷ ̷.ˌ ̷ ̷ also frän.ˈ- or ˈfrän.ˌ- sometimes _frən.ˈ-, chiefly Brit ˈ ̷ ̷._tiə(r or ˈ ̷ ̷._tyə(r\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English frounter, fronter, from Middle French frontiere, from front — more at front 1. a. (1) : a part of a country that fronts or faces another country < the inhabitants of the frontier between Canada and the U.S. > specifically : a demarcated boundary between countries < crossed the frontier into Mexico > (2) : a boundary between territorial units < lived on the edge of the river that defined the frontier between the two counties > b. obsolete : barrier, defense; specifically : a stronghold upon a border province or frontier 2. a. : a typically shifting or advancing zone or region especially in No. America that marks the successive limits of settlement and civilization : a zone or region that forms the margin of settled or developed territory < the frontier, where people … lead rough lives and seldom meet together for pleasure — Willa Cather > b. : an area (as of thought or investigation) that constitutes the most advanced, obscure, or unexploited field or line of inquiry with respect to a particular subject : the farthermost limits of knowledge or achievement < the latest frontiers of linguistic research > < the study advances appreciably the frontier of political analysis — R.M.Goldman > < progress on the atomic frontier last week — Time > < work on one of the frontiers of modern science — the geology of the deeper parts of the earth's crust — W.H.Bucher > c. : a line of division between different or opposed things < the frontier of drama and melodrama is vague — T.S.Eliot > d. : a new or relatively unexploited field that offers scope for large exploitative or developmental activity < a large economic frontier right at home — T.J.Kreps > < is television destined to become a great new educational frontier — Mich. Alumnus > < the frontiers of the future are marketing frontiers — Bud Wilson > II. adjective 1. : situated on a frontier between countries : bordering, conterminous < all frontier garrisons were ordered withdrawn > 2. : of or relating to a frontier especially in No. America : characteristic of people living on such a frontier < turning to the task with typical frontier ingenuity — R.A.Billington > < the hardships of frontier life > < one of the last real frontier towns > 3. : advancing or pushing back the frontiers of knowledge or achievement : exploratory, pioneering < frontier research in the humanities — C.E.Odegaard > < a frontier report in the field > III. transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) archaic : border, face
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