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

frontier /fruntˈ or fronˈtēr, -tyər or -tērˈ/

noun

The border of a country
The border of settled country, esp in the USA, the advancing limit of the West pioneered in the 19c
An outwork (fortification; Shakespeare)
(in pl) the extreme limit (of knowledge and attainment) in a particular discipline or line of inquiry

adjective

transitive verb (Spenser)

To border

ORIGIN: OFr frontier, from L frōns, frontis

frontˈiersman or frontˈierswoman (or /-tērzˈ/) noun

A dweller on a frontier

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