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  • Conjugation : past  fronted ; pp  fronted ; ing  fronting
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

front [fr^nt]
  1. 1. noun [c] [of house, dress] 前面
    jackets with buttons down the front
    前面有纽扣的上衣
  2. 2. noun [of coach, train, car] 前部
    The cop searched the front of the car.
    警方搜查了汽车的前部。
  3. 3. noun [c] [军] 前线
    Her husband is fighting at the front.
    她的丈夫在前线打仗。
  4. 4. noun [c] [气象] 锋
    a cold/warm front
    冷/暖锋
  5. 5. noun [s] (also: sea front) 海滨人行道
    a stroll along the front
    沿海滨人行道的散步
  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的样子。
  7. 7. noun [c] (disguise) 幌子
    The organization was used as a front for drug trafficking.
    该组织被用作毒品贩运的幌子。
  8. 8. adjective [+seat, garden, entrance etc] 前面的
  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
    在前面
    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.
    大卫在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.
    一辆汽车在房子前面停了下来。
  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
    在政治/经济方面
    to put on a front
    装腔作势

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

front [frʌnt] [frʌnt]
  1. 1. noun 前面，正面；…面；前部；最重要的一面
  2. 2. noun 旧指（前）额
  3. 3. noun 旧指脸；面容；颜面
  4. 4. noun 前面（或最主要）的位置
  5. 5. noun 第一部分，首部；（书等的）卷首
    toward the front of the book
    靠近书的卷首
    She was in the front page of that fashion magazine.
    她出现在了那个时装杂志的头版。
  6. 6. noun [architecture] （建筑物的）正面（尤指有主要入口的正面）
  7. 7. noun （男子衬衫的）硬衬胸，前身
    She spilled the soup all down her front.
    她把汤洒得前胸到处都是。
  8. 8. noun 前线，前方；战区
    A group of soldiers were sent to the front to fight against the enemies.
    一批士兵被派往前线抗击敌人。
  9. 9. noun [American English] （企业、团体等的）挂名的领袖，名誉代表
  10. 10. noun 某种活动地区；战线
    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
    the political front
    政治战线
  11. 11. noun [England] （沿水边的）散步场所，海滨人行道
  12. 12. noun [verbal] 态度；面部表情；容貌，相貌，神情；外表
    to put on a bold front
    摆出大胆的样子
  13. 13. noun [American English] 打掩护的人（或团体），掩护物；幌子；门面
    The company was used as a front for illegal money transactions.
    这个公司成了非法货币交易的场所。
  14. 14. noun [verbal] 装模作样；臭架子；傲气
  15. 15. noun [rarely used] 厚颜无耻；冒失，无礼
  16. 16. noun （人或物的）正前方
  17. 17. noun [American English] （旅馆侍者）前面的一个[一般用作呼唤]
  18. 18. noun 湖边（或海边、临街等）的土地
  19. 19. noun （政治上的）阵线
  20. 20. noun [meteorology] 锋
    The weather forecast shows a cold front across the area.
    天气预报显示一股冷锋正在穿越这片地区。
  21. 21. noun [slang] 可敬的外表
  22. 22. adjective 前面的，前部的，前方的，（位置）在前的，在前面的，在前部的
    Someone left flowers in front of my door.
    有人在我门前留下了一些花。
  23. 23. adjective [phonetics] 前（元音）的（舌最高部位移向口腔前部时发出的元音，如bid中的[i]或met中的[e]）
  24. 24. vt. 面向，面对，相对；朝…，（面）向…，朝向
  25. 25. vt. 位于…的前面，在…之前
  26. 26. vt. 与…相遇；使面对，使面临，使遭遇
  27. 27. vt. 反抗，与…对抗，蔑视；对…满不在乎
  28. 28. vt. 装饰…的正面
  29. 29. vi. 朝，朝向
    a castle fronting on the sea
    面向大海的城堡
  30. 30. vi. [American English] 作挂名的领袖，作名誉代表，作掩护物；作幌子；装门面（与for连用）
  31. 31. vi. [slang] 在收到货物之前先提前付款；提前支付（参见 front money）
  32. 32. vi. [slang] 假装

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 [informal] 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 [informal] 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] [informal] 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] [informal] 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
See more results for front in the Chinese-English Dictionary

Examples

Come in at the front door.
请从前门进来。 → at
to put on a bold front
摆出大胆的样子 → front
toward the front of the book
靠近书的卷首 → front
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 → front
the political front
政治战线 → front
hot from the front
刚从前线回来的 → hot
the front door
前门 → the
a bow-front chest
畸胸 → bow-front
to pay for something front
预先支付
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。 → appear
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