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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

front [fr^nt]
  1. 1. noun [of house] [ dress] 前面
    jackets with buttons down the front
    前面纽扣上衣
  2. 2. noun [of coach] [ train] [ car] 前部
    The cop searched the front of the car.
    警方搜查汽车的前部。
  3. 3. noun [c] [军] 前线
    Her husband is fighting at the front.
    她的丈夫前线打仗
  4. 4. noun [c] [气象]
    a cold/warm front
    冷/暖锋
  5. 5. noun [s] (also: sea front) 海滨人行道
    a stroll along the front
    沿海滨人行道散步
  6. 6. noun [c] (pretence) 装模作样
    Richard kept up a brave front.
    理查德一直装作一副勇敢样子
  7. 7. noun [c] (disguise) 幌子
    The organization was used as a front for drug trafficking.
    组织用作毒品贩运幌子
  8. 8. adjective [+seat] [ garden] [ entrance etc] 前面
  9. 9. adjective [+tooth] 前部的
  10. 10. vi. [house+] to front onto sth 面向某物
    houses that front directly onto little courtyards
    直接面向小庭院的房子
  11. 11. vt. [BRIT] [+organization] 当…的头儿[美 = head]
  12. 12. vt. [+pop group] 做…的主唱
    in front
    前面
    He was driving too close to the car in front.
    他车开得离前面的车太近。
  13. 13. vt. (in race,contest) 领先
    David is in front in the jockeys' title race.
    大卫马术冠军赛中居领先位置
    in front of
    在…前面
    A car drew up in front of the house.
    一辆汽车房子前面停了下来
  14. 14. vt. (in the presence of) 在…面前
    They never argued in front of their children.
    他们从来不在孩子面前吵架
    on the political/economic front
    政治/经济方面
    to put on a front
    装腔作势

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

front [frʌnt]
  1. 1. n.[c] 前段前端前部
  2. 2. n.[c] 前线第一线
  3. 3. n.[c] (人的)外形外貌模样
    He put up a bold front.
    排场大。
  4. 4. n.[c] 正面前面
  5. 5. n.[c] 掩护者,幌子
  6. 6. n.[c] 活动领域
    The Japanese were active last week on the diplomatic front.
    日本上周外交领域特别活跃
    They advertise on many different fronts.
    他们许多不同领域做广告
  7. 7. n.[c] [Meteorology] 锋,锋面
  8. 8. n.[c] 面前出现来临
    He was well behaved in front of company.
    他在公司表现良好
  9. 9. n.[c] 舞台前面
    He walked to the front of the stage.
    他走到舞台前部
  10. 10. n.[c] 运动团体
    He led the national liberation front.
    领导民族解放阵线
  11. 11. n.[c] 海边湖滨河边
  12. 12. adjective 前面的,前部的
  13. 13. verb 面向朝向
  14. 14. vt. 面对对抗对付
  15. 15. vi. [Slang] 假装假扮
  16. 16. vi. 掩护遮掩

Collins English-English Dictionary

front [fr^nt]
  1. 1. n that part or side that is forward, prominent, or most often seen or used
  2. 2. n a position or place directly before or ahead
    a fountain stood at the front of the building
  3. 3. n the beginning, opening, or first part
    the front of the book
  4. 4. n the position of leadership; forefront; vanguard
    in the front of scientific knowledge
  5. 5. n land bordering a lake, street, etc
  6. 6. n land along a seashore or large lake, esp a promenade
  7. 7. n [Military] the total area in which opposing armies face each other
  8. 8. n the lateral space in which a military unit or formation is operating
    to advance on a broad front
  9. 9. n the direction in which troops are facing when in a formed line
  10. 10. n [meteorol] the dividing line or plane between two air masses or water masses of different origins and having different characteristics - See also warm front cold front
  11. 11. n outward aspect or bearing, as when dealing with a situation
    a bold front
  12. 12. n assurance, overconfidence, or effrontery
  13. 13. n [Spoken] a business or other activity serving as a respectable cover for another, usually criminal, organization
  14. 14. n [chiefly US] a nominal leader of an organization, etc, who lacks real power or authority; figurehead
  15. 15. n [Spoken] outward appearance of rank or wealth
  16. 16. n a particular field of activity involving some kind of struggle
    on the wages front
  17. 17. n a group of people with a common goal
    a national liberation front
  18. 18. n a false shirt front; a dicky
  19. 19. n [Archaic] the forehead or the face
  20. 20. adj [prenominal] of, at, or in the front
    a front seat
  21. 21. adj [phonetics] of, relating to, or denoting a vowel articulated with the blade of the tongue brought forward and raised towards the hard palate, as for the sound of ee in English see or a in English hat
  22. 22. vb [when intr, foll by on or onto] to be opposite (to); face (onto)
    this house fronts the river
  23. 23. vt. [tr] to be a front of or for
  24. 24. vt. [tr] [Spoken] to appear as a presenter in (a television show)
  25. 25. vt. [tr] to be the lead singer or player in (a band)
  26. 26. vt. [tr] to confront, esp in hostility or opposition
  27. 27. vt. [tr] to supply a front for
  28. 28. vi. [intr; often foll by up] [Austral and NZ] [Spoken] to appear (at)
    to front up at the police station
  29. 29. vi. [Etymology] C13 (in the sense: forehead, face): from Latin frons forehead, foremost part

Examples

to put on a bold front
摆出大胆的样子
the home front
大后方,后方战线(指战时军工生产、民防、治安等活动);作为一国战争力量组成部分的民用工业
hot from the front
刚从前线回来的
a bow-front chest
畸胸
I thought I was alone, but then Jane appeared in front of me.
我以为就我一个人,但是不一会儿简就出现在我前面了。

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