新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

front

英 [frʌnt]

[ADJ, NOUN]

词汇频率：

ADJ. 形容词

1. 前面的
Front is used to refer to the side or part of something that is towards the front or nearest to the front.
双语例句
例：
I went out there on the front porch.
我走了出来，到了前门廊。
例：
She was only six and still missing her front teeth.
她只有6岁，还没有长出门牙。
2. 头（版）的
The front page of a newspaper is the outside of the first page, where the main news stories are printed.
双语例句
例：
The front page carries a photograph of the two foreign ministers.
报纸头版刊登了两位外交部长的一张合影。

NOUN. 名词

fronts
1. [C 可数名词] 前面
The front of something is the part of it that faces you, or that faces forward, or that you normally see or use.
双语例句
例：
One man sat in an armchair, and the other sat on the front of the desk.
一个男人坐在扶手椅上，另一个坐在桌前。
例：
Stand at the front of the queue.
站在队伍的前面。
2. [C 可数名词] 临街面
The front of a building is the side or part of it that faces the street.
双语例句
例：
Attached to the front of the house, there was a large veranda.
房子的临街面有一条宽大的走廊。
3. [C 可数名词] 前线
In a war, the front is a line where two opposing armies are facing each other.
双语例句
例：
Sonja's husband is fighting at the front.
索妮亚的丈夫正在前线打仗。
4. [C 可数名词] 领域
If you say that something is happening on a particular front, you mean that it is happening with regard to a particular situation or field of activity.
双语例句
例：
research across a wide academic front.
跨多个学术领域的研究。
5. [C 可数名词] （装出的）样子
If someone puts on a particular kind of front, they pretend to have a particular quality.
双语例句
例：
Michael kept up a brave front both to the world and in his home.
迈克尔在家在外都表现出一副勇敢的样子。
6. [C 可数名词] （非法或秘密组织或活动的）掩护者
An organization or activity that is a front for one that is illegal or secret is used to hide it.
近义词
cover
双语例句
例：
a firm later identified by the police as a front for crime syndicates.
后来被警方证实是为犯罪团伙做掩护的一家公司。
7. [C 可数名词] （冷暖空气交汇的）锋面
In relation to the weather, a front is a line where a mass of cold air meets a mass of warm air.
双语例句
例：
The snow signalled the arrival of a front, and a high-pressure area seemed to be settling in.
降雪标志着冷暖空气的交锋，而一个高压区似乎也将到来。
8. [SING 单数型名词] 身体的前部
A person's or animal's front is the part of their body between their head and their legs that is on the opposite side to their back.
双语例句
例：
When baby is lying on his front, hold something so that he has to raise his head to see it.
当宝宝趴着时，抓一样东西逗他，这样他就得抬起头来才能看到。

PHRASE. 习语

in front
1. 在前面
If a person or thing is in front, they are ahead of others in a moving group, or further forward than someone or something else.
双语例句
例：
Officers will crack down on lunatic motorists who speed or drive too close to the car in front.
警官将严厉打击那些超速或紧贴前车行驶的疯狂驾车者。
2. （在比赛中）领先
Someone who is in front in a competition or contest at a particular point is winning at that point.
近义词
leading
双语例句
例：
Richard Dunwoody is in front in the jockeys' title race.
理查德·邓伍迪在职业赛马骑师冠军赛中处于领先位置。
in front of
1. 在…的前面
If someone or something is in front of a particular thing, they are facing it, ahead of it, or close to the front part of it.
双语例句
例：
She sat down in front of her dressing-table mirror to look at herself.
她在梳妆台的镜子前面坐下来端详自己。
例：
Something darted out in front of my car, and my car hit it.
有东西冲到我的车前，随即我的车就撞上了它。
2. 当着…的面
If you do or say something in front of someone else, you do or say it when they are present.
双语例句
例：
They never argued in front of their children.
他们从来不当着孩子们的面争吵。