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front n.正面；前面；前线；【气象学】锋vt.朝向；面对；对付vi.面朝；掩护adj.前面的 (1) 明信片正面是我们旅馆的图片。(2) 把雕像摆好，让正面向著光。(3) 建筑物的前面爬满了常春藤。(4) 我前面那辆小汽车突然停住，我只好刹车。(5) 那天早上,我们收到了从前线送来的一份报告。(6) 这栋建筑面朝火车站。(7) 我们内部不妨有争论，但对付资方我们必须团结一致。(8) 明知自己处境危险，但这个游击队员勇敢对付，顽强不屈。(9) 这些宾馆都是面朝大海。(10) 别人将为他在法庭上辩护。(11) 坐在我前面的人在睡觉。(12) 你能看到那所房子前面的一辆红色汽车吗？ Front comes from the Latin word for forehead, and it means the side of something facing out, or the part of something (a body, a weather system, a war), that's advancing into a new territory, or frontier. A front man is someone used as a cover for questionable activity. Similarly, a front can be an activity used as a cover for some other, questionable, activity, like a Laundromat that's really a front for a mafia headquarters.

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英 [frʌnt] 美 [frʌnt] (1) The front of the postcard shows a picture of our hotel.(2) Put the statue so that the front faces the light.(3) The front of the building was covered with ivy.(4) The car in front of me stopped suddenly and I had to brake.(5) That morning we received a report from the front.(6) This building fronts the railway station.(7) We may argue among ourselves, but against the management we must present a united front.(8) Well aware of the danger he was in, the guerrilla put up a bold front and kept a stiff upper lip.(9) The hotels front onto the sea.(10) Someone else will front for him in court.(11) The man sitting in front of me is asleep.(12) Can you see a red car in front of that house? The front is the side that faces outward. If you are in a battle on the eastern front, then you are in the battle the farthest east of any part of the war. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]前面；前部；正面 The front of something is the part of it that faces you, or that faces forward, or that you normally see or use.   [usu sing]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里，另一个坐在桌子前面。Stand at the front of the line...站在队伍前头。Her cotton dress had ripped down the front.她的棉布连衣裙前面都扯裂了。2[N-COUNT 可数名词](建筑物)临街的一面，正面 The front of a building is the side or part of it that faces the street.   [usu sing]Attached to the front of the house, there was a large veranda.房子的正面有一条宽大的游廊。3[N-SING 单数名词](人或动物的)身体前部，前身，胸部 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.   [poss N]If you lie your baby on his front, he'll lift his head and chest up.如果让宝宝俯卧，他会把头和胸抬起。4[ADJ 形容词]前面的；前部的；正面的；(位置)在前的 Front is used to refer to the side or part of something that is towards the front or nearest to the front.   [ADJ n]I went out there on the front porch...我出来走到前廊上。She was only six and still missing her front teeth...她才 6 岁，门牙还没长出来。Children may be tempted to climb into the front seat while the car is in motion.车辆行驶时，孩子可能会被前排的座位吸引而想要爬过去。5[ADJ 形容词]See also:front-page；(报纸)头(版)的，首(页)的 The front page of a newspaper is the outside of the first page, where the main news stories are printed.   [ADJ n]The Guardian's front page carries a photograph of the two foreign ministers...《卫报》的头版刊登了两国外交部长的一张合影。The violence in the Gaza Strip makes the front page of most of the newspapers.加沙地带的暴力事件成为大多数报纸的头版新闻。6[N-SING 单数名词]海滨道 The front is a road next to the sea in a seaside town.   [the N]  [BRIT 英]...a stroll on the front...漫步于海滨道Amy went out for a last walk along the sea front.埃米出了门，最后一次沿着海滨道散步。7[N-COUNT 可数名词]See also:front line；(战争中的)前线，前方 In a war, the front is a line where two opposing armies are facing each other.   [usu the N in sing]Sonja's husband is fighting at the front.索尼娅的丈夫正在前线打仗。8[N-COUNT 可数名词](某个)方面，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. ...research across a wide academic front...跨多个学术领域的研究We're moving forward on a variety of fronts.我们正在多个方面向前推进。9[N-COUNT 可数名词](装出的)样子；假面具 If someone puts on a particular kind of front, they pretend to have a particular quality.   [usu adj N]Michael kept up a brave front both to the world and in his home...迈克尔对外界和家人都表现出一副勇敢的样子。His laugh-a-minute image is just a front to hide his deep unhappiness.他滑稽可笑的形象只是用来掩饰内心深处痛苦的假面具。10[N-COUNT 可数名词](非法或秘密的组织或活动的)掩护，幌子 An organization or activity that is a front for one that is illegal or secret is used to hide it.   [usu N for n]...a firm later identified by the police as a front for crime syndicates...后经警方确认为犯罪集团幌子的一家公司He said the present civilian government is just a front for the old military regime.他说现今的平民政府只不过是先前军事政权的一个幌子。11[N-COUNT 可数名词](冷热空气交汇的)锋 In relation to the weather, a front is a line where a mass of cold air meets a mass of warm air. The snow signaled the arrival of a front, and a high-pressure area seemed to be settling in...下雪预示着冷热空气的交锋，而一个高气压区似乎也将到来并可能持续。A very active cold front brought dramatic weather changes to Kansas on Wednesday.一股强冷空气前锋周三使堪萨斯的天气发生了剧变。12[N-IN-NAMES 名称名词](常用于政治组织名称中)阵线 Front is often used in the titles of political organizations with a particular aim.   [the supp N]...the People's Liberation Front.人民解放阵线13[VERB 动词]面对；朝向 A building or an area of land that fronts a particular place or fronts onto it is next to it and faces it.   [V n]  [V onto n]  [V-ed]...real estate, which includes undeveloped land fronting the city convention center...包括城市会议中心对面未开发土地的房地产There are some delightful Victorian houses fronting onto the pavement.面对人行道有一些漂亮的维多利亚时代的房子。...quaint cottages fronted by lawns and flowerbeds.前面有草坪和花坛的几处别致的村舍14[VERB 动词]领导；作为…的领袖 The person who fronts an organization is the most senior person in it.   [V n]  [V-ed]  [BRIT 英]He fronted a formidable band of fighters...他率领着一队可畏的斗士。The commission, fronted by Sir Isaac Hayatali, was set up in June 1992.由艾萨克·哈亚塔利爵士领导的这个委员会建立于 1992 年 6月。in AM, use 美国英语用head15[VERB 动词]作为…的主唱 The person who fronts a pop group or rock band is the main singer.   [V n]  [V-ed]He also fronted a group called Haircuts That Kill.他还是一个叫做“酷炫发式”乐队的主唱。...the debut single from the new five-piece fronted by singer Melissa Heathcoate.以歌手梅利莎·希思科特为主唱的新5人组合的首支单曲16[PHRASE 短语]在前面；在最前头 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. Officers will crack down on lunatic motorists who speed or drive too close to the car in front...警察将会严厉打击超速或是紧贴前车行驶的疯狂司机。'What's with this guy?' demanded an American voice in the row in front.“这人怎么了?”前排有个美国人问道。17[PHRASE 短语](在竞赛或比赛中)处于领先位置 Someone who is in front in a competition or contest at a particular point is winning at that point.   [PHR after v]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领先其他选手。Some preliminary polls show him out in front.一些初步民意调查显示他处于领先位置。18[PREP-PHRASE 短语介词]在…前面；靠近…前部 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. 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端详自己。Something darted out in front of my car, and my car hit it...有什么东西突然冲到我的车前，我的车撞到它了。A police car was parked in front of the house.一辆警车停在这幢房子前面。19[PREP-PHRASE 短语介词]在…面前(做或说)；当着…的面 If you do or say something in front of someone else, you do or say it when they are present. They never argued in front of their children...他们从来不当着孩子的面争吵。He has been brought up not to swear in front of women.他从小就被教育不要在女性面前说脏话。20[PHRASE 短语]在国内方面 On the home front or on the domestic front means with regard to your own country rather than foreign countries.   [PHR with cl]  [JOURNALISM 新闻]Its present economic ills on the home front are largely the result of overspending...它目前国内方面的经济弊病主要源自支出过度。On the domestic front, the president got his way with his budget proposals.国内方面，总统提出的预算案获得了通过。

英语单词	front
英美音标	英 [frʌnt] 美 [frʌnt]
中文释义	n.正面；前面；前线；【气象学】锋 vt.朝向；面对；对付 vi.面朝；掩护 adj.前面的
英语例句	(1) The front of the postcard shows a picture of our hotel. (2) Put the statue so that the front faces the light. (3) The front of the building was covered with ivy. (4) The car in front of me stopped suddenly and I had to brake. (5) That morning we received a report from the front. (6) This building fronts the railway station. (7) We may argue among ourselves, but against the management we must present a united front. (8) Well aware of the danger he was in, the guerrilla put up a bold front and kept a stiff upper lip. (9) The hotels front onto the sea. (10) Someone else will front for him in court. (11) The man sitting in front of me is asleep. (12) Can you see a red car in front of that house?
中文例句	(1) 明信片正面是我们旅馆的图片。 (2) 把雕像摆好，让正面向著光。 (3) 建筑物的前面爬满了常春藤。 (4) 我前面那辆小汽车突然停住，我只好刹车。 (5) 那天早上,我们收到了从前线送来的一份报告。 (6) 这栋建筑面朝火车站。 (7) 我们内部不妨有争论，但对付资方我们必须团结一致。 (8) 明知自己处境危险，但这个游击队员勇敢对付，顽强不屈。 (9) 这些宾馆都是面朝大海。 (10) 别人将为他在法庭上辩护。 (11) 坐在我前面的人在睡觉。 (12) 你能看到那所房子前面的一辆红色汽车吗？
vocabulary简明	The front is the side that faces outward. If you are in a battle on the eastern front, then you are in the battle the farthest east of any part of the war.
vocabulary扩展	Front comes from the Latin word for forehead, and it means the side of something facing out, or the part of something (a body, a weather system, a war), that's advancing into a new territory, or frontier. A front man is someone used as a cover for questionable activity. Similarly, a front can be an activity used as a cover for some other, questionable, activity, like a Laundromat that's really a front for a mafia headquarters.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]前面；前部；正面 The front of something is the part of it that faces you, or that faces forward, or that you normally see or use. [usu sing] 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里，另一个坐在桌子前面。 Stand at the front of the line... 站在队伍前头。 Her cotton dress had ripped down the front. 她的棉布连衣裙前面都扯裂了。 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词](建筑物)临街的一面，正面 The front of a building is the side or part of it that faces the street. [usu sing] Attached to the front of the house, there was a large veranda. 房子的正面有一条宽大的游廊。 3 [N-SING 单数名词](人或动物的)身体前部，前身，胸部 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. [poss N] If you lie your baby on his front, he'll lift his head and chest up. 如果让宝宝俯卧，他会把头和胸抬起。 4 [ADJ 形容词]前面的；前部的；正面的；(位置)在前的 Front is used to refer to the side or part of something that is towards the front or nearest to the front. [ADJ n] I went out there on the front porch... 我出来走到前廊上。 She was only six and still missing her front teeth... 她才 6 岁，门牙还没长出来。 Children may be tempted to climb into the front seat while the car is in motion. 车辆行驶时，孩子可能会被前排的座位吸引而想要爬过去。 5 [ADJ 形容词]See also:front-page ；(报纸)头(版)的，首(页)的 The front page of a newspaper is the outside of the first page, where the main news stories are printed. [ADJ n] The Guardian's front page carries a photograph of the two foreign ministers... 《卫报》的头版刊登了两国外交部长的一张合影。 The violence in the Gaza Strip makes the front page of most of the newspapers. 加沙地带的暴力事件成为大多数报纸的头版新闻。 6 [N-SING 单数名词]海滨道 The front is a road next to the sea in a seaside town. [the N] [BRIT 英] ...a stroll on the front... 漫步于海滨道 Amy went out for a last walk along the sea front. 埃米出了门，最后一次沿着海滨道散步。 7 [N-COUNT 可数名词]See also:front line ；(战争中的)前线，前方 In a war, the front is a line where two opposing armies are facing each other. [usu the N in sing] Sonja's husband is fighting at the front. 索尼娅的丈夫正在前线打仗。 8 [N-COUNT 可数名词](某个)方面，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. ...research across a wide academic front... 跨多个学术领域的研究 We're moving forward on a variety of fronts. 我们正在多个方面向前推进。 9 [N-COUNT 可数名词](装出的)样子；假面具 If someone puts on a particular kind of front, they pretend to have a particular quality. [usu adj N] Michael kept up a brave front both to the world and in his home... 迈克尔对外界和家人都表现出一副勇敢的样子。 His laugh-a-minute image is just a front to hide his deep unhappiness. 他滑稽可笑的形象只是用来掩饰内心深处痛苦的假面具。 10 [N-COUNT 可数名词](非法或秘密的组织或活动的)掩护，幌子 An organization or activity that is a front for one that is illegal or secret is used to hide it. [usu N for n] ...a firm later identified by the police as a front for crime syndicates... 后经警方确认为犯罪集团幌子的一家公司 He said the present civilian government is just a front for the old military regime. 他说现今的平民政府只不过是先前军事政权的一个幌子。 11 [N-COUNT 可数名词](冷热空气交汇的)锋 In relation to the weather, a front is a line where a mass of cold air meets a mass of warm air. The snow signaled the arrival of a front, and a high-pressure area seemed to be settling in... 下雪预示着冷热空气的交锋，而一个高气压区似乎也将到来并可能持续。 A very active cold front brought dramatic weather changes to Kansas on Wednesday. 一股强冷空气前锋周三使堪萨斯的天气发生了剧变。 12 [N-IN-NAMES 名称名词](常用于政治组织名称中)阵线 Front is often used in the titles of political organizations with a particular aim. [the supp N] ...the People's Liberation Front. 人民解放阵线 13 [VERB 动词]面对；朝向 A building or an area of land that fronts a particular place or fronts onto it is next to it and faces it. [V n] [V onto n] [V-ed] ...real estate, which includes undeveloped land fronting the city convention center... 包括城市会议中心对面未开发土地的房地产 There are some delightful Victorian houses fronting onto the pavement. 面对人行道有一些漂亮的维多利亚时代的房子。 ...quaint cottages fronted by lawns and flowerbeds. 前面有草坪和花坛的几处别致的村舍 14 [VERB 动词]领导；作为…的领袖 The person who fronts an organization is the most senior person in it. [V n] [V-ed] [BRIT 英] He fronted a formidable band of fighters... 他率领着一队可畏的斗士。 The commission, fronted by Sir Isaac Hayatali, was set up in June 1992. 由艾萨克·哈亚塔利爵士领导的这个委员会建立于 1992 年 6月。 in AM, use 美国英语用head 15 [VERB 动词]作为…的主唱 The person who fronts a pop group or rock band is the main singer. [V n] [V-ed] He also fronted a group called Haircuts That Kill. 他还是一个叫做“酷炫发式”乐队的主唱。 ...the debut single from the new five-piece fronted by singer Melissa Heathcoate. 以歌手梅利莎·希思科特为主唱的新5人组合的首支单曲 16 [PHRASE 短语]在前面；在最前头 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. Officers will crack down on lunatic motorists who speed or drive too close to the car in front... 警察将会严厉打击超速或是紧贴前车行驶的疯狂司机。 'What's with this guy?' demanded an American voice in the row in front. “这人怎么了?”前排有个美国人问道。 17 [PHRASE 短语](在竞赛或比赛中)处于领先位置 Someone who is in front in a competition or contest at a particular point is winning at that point. [PHR after v] 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领先其他选手。 Some preliminary polls show him out in front. 一些初步民意调查显示他处于领先位置。 18 [PREP-PHRASE 短语介词]在…前面；靠近…前部 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. 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端详自己。 Something darted out in front of my car, and my car hit it... 有什么东西突然冲到我的车前，我的车撞到它了。 A police car was parked in front of the house. 一辆警车停在这幢房子前面。 19 [PREP-PHRASE 短语介词]在…面前(做或说)；当着…的面 If you do or say something in front of someone else, you do or say it when they are present. They never argued in front of their children... 他们从来不当着孩子的面争吵。 He has been brought up not to swear in front of women. 他从小就被教育不要在女性面前说脏话。 20 [PHRASE 短语]在国内方面 On the home front or on the domestic front means with regard to your own country rather than foreign countries. [PHR with cl] [JOURNALISM 新闻] Its present economic ills on the home front are largely the result of overspending... 它目前国内方面的经济弊病主要源自支出过度。 On the domestic front, the president got his way with his budget proposals. 国内方面，总统提出的预算案获得了通过。

Front N Part N Count 可数名词 Faces Car Side