| 单词 | front |
| 释义 | front /frunt/, n. 1. the foremost part or surface of anything. 2. the part or side of anything that faces forward: the front of a jacket. 3. the part or side of anything, as a building, that seems to look out or to be directed forward: He sat in the front of the restaurant. 4. any side or face, as of a building. 5. a façade, considered with respect to its architectural treatment or material: a cast-iron front. 6. a property line along a street or the like: a fifty-foot front. 7. a place or position directly before anything: We decided to plant trees in the front. 8. a position of leadership in a particular endeavor or field: She rose to the front of her profession. 9. Mil. a. the foremost line or part of an army. b. a line of battle. c. the place where combat operations are carried on. 10. an area of activity, conflict, or competition: news from the business front. 11. land facing a road, river, etc. 12. Brit. a promenade along a seashore. 13. Informal. a distinguished person listed as an official of an organization, for the sake of prestige, and who is usually inactive. 14. a person or thing that serves as a cover or disguise for some other activity, esp. one of a secret, disreputable, or illegal nature; a blind: The store was a front for foreign agents. 15. outward impression of rank, position, or wealth. 16. bearing or demeanor in confronting anything: a calm front. 17. haughtiness; self-importance: That clerk has the most outrageous front. 18. the forehead, or the entire face: the statue's gracefully chiseled front. 19. a coalition or movement to achieve a particular end, usually political: the people's front. 20. something attached or worn at the breast, as a shirt front or a dickey: to spill gravy down one's front. 21. Meteorol. an interface or zone of transition between two dissimilar air masses. 22. Theat. a. the auditorium. b. the business offices of a theater. c. the front of the stage; downstage. 23. in front, in a forward place or position: Sit down, you in front! 24. in front of, a. ahead of: to walk in front of a moving crowd. b. outside the entrance of: to wait in front of a house. c. in the presence of: to behave badly in front of company. 25. out front, a. outside the entrance: He's waiting out front. b. ahead of competitors: This advertising campaign ought to put our business way out front. c. Theat. in the audience or auditorium. d. Informal. candidly; frankly: Say what you mean out front. 26. up front, Informal. a. in advance; before anything else: You'll have to make a payment of $5,000 up front. b. frank; open; direct: I want you to be up front with me. adj. 27. of or pertaining to the front. 28. situated in or at the front: front seats. 29. Phonet. (of a speech sound) articulated with the tongue blade relatively far forward in the mouth, as the sounds of lay. v.t. 30. to have the front toward; face: Our house fronts the lake. 31. to meet face to face; confront. 32. to face in opposition, hostility, or defiance. 33. to furnish or supply a front to: to front a building with sandstone. 34. to serve as a front to: A long, sloping lawn fronted their house. 35. Informal. to provide an introduction to; introduce: a recorded message that is fronted with a singing commercial. 36. to lead (a jazz or dance band). 37. Phonet. to articulate (a speech sound) at a position farther front in the mouth. 38. Ling. to move (a constituent) to the beginning of a clause or sentence. v.i. 39. to have or turn the front in some specified direction: Our house fronts on the lake. 40. to serve as a cover or disguise for another activity, esp. something of a disreputable or illegal nature: The shop fronts for a narcotics ring. interj. 41. (used to call or command someone to come, look, etc., to the front, as in an order to troops on parade or in calling a hotel bellboy to the front desk): Front and center, on the double! [1250-1300; ME frount, front < AF, OF < L front- (s. of frons) forehead, brow, front] |
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