front
英 [frʌnt]
美 [frʌnt]
- n. 前面；正面；前线
- vt. 面对；朝向；对付
- vi. 朝向
- adj. 前面的；正面的
- adv. 在前面；向前
- n. (Front)人名；(法)弗龙
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中文词源
front 前部
来自PIE*bhren, 伸出，突出，词源同brink.
英语词源
- front
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front: [13] As its close French relative front still does, front used to mean ‘forehead’. Both come from Latin frōns, a word of dubious origins whose primary meaning was ‘forehead’, but which already in the classical period was extending figuratively to the ‘most forwardly prominent part’ of anything. In present-day English, only distant memories remain of the original sense, in such contexts as ‘put up a brave front’ (a now virtually dead metaphor in which the forehead, and hence the countenance in general, once stood for the ‘demeanour’).
The related frontier [14], borrowed from Old French frontiere, originally meant ‘front part’; its modern sense is a secondary development.
=> frontier - front (n.)
- late 13c., "forehead," from Old French front "forehead, brow" (12c.), from Latin frontem (nominative frons) "forehead, brow, front; countenance, expression (especially as an indicator of truthfulness or shame); facade of a building, forepart; external appearance; vanguard, front rank," a word of "no plausible etymology" (de Vaan). Perhaps literally "that which projects," from PIE *bhront-, from root *bhren- "to project, stand out" (see brink). Or from PIE *ser- (4), "base of prepositions and preverbs with the basic meaning 'above, over, up, upper'" [Watkins, not in Pokorny].
Sense "foremost part of anything" emerged in the English word mid-14c.; sense of "the face as expressive of temper or character" is from late 14c. (hence frontless "shameless," c. 1600). The military sense of "foremost part of an army" (mid-14c.) led to the meaning "field of operations in contact with the enemy" (1660s); home front is from 1919. Meaning "organized body of political forces" is from 1926. Sense of "public facade" is from 1891; that of "something serving as a cover for illegal activities" is from 1905. Adverbial phrase in front is from 1610s. Meteorological sense first recorded 1921. - front (v.)
- 1520s, "have the face toward," from Middle French fronter, from Old French front (see front (n.)). Meaning "meet face-to-face" is from 1580s. Meaning "serve as a public facade for" is from 1932. Related: Fronted; fronting.
- front (adj.)
- "relating to the front," 1610s, from front (n.). Front yard first attested 1767; front door is from 1807. The newspaper front page is attested from 1892; as an adjective in reference to sensational news, 1907.
权威例句
- 1. I wanted the front garden to be a blaze of colour.
- 我想让门前的花园变得五彩缤纷。
- 2. Rue Guynemer begins at the front of the Fitzgerald site.
- 吉内梅街始于菲茨拉德故居前。
- 3. Teachers staged a sit-down protest in front of the president's office.
- 老师们在校长办公室门前举行了一场静坐抗议。
- 4. He stepped in front of her, barring her way.
- 他走到她前面，挡住了她的去路。
- 5. Information officers are in the front line of putting across government policies.
- 新闻发言官处于传达政府政策的第一线。
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