front

英 [frʌnt]

美 [frʌnt]

n.  正面; 前面; 正前方; 前部
adj.  前面的; 前部的; 在前的; 正面的; 舌前位发的; 舌前的
v.  面向; 在…前面; 朝; 向; 用…作正面; 用…覆盖正面; 领导，代表(团体、组织等)

复数：fronts　现在分词：fronting　过去分词：fronted　过去式：fronted　第三人称单数：fronts　

中考高考CET4考研

Oxford 3000 / Collins.5 / BNC.1185 / COCA.1087

同义词辨析

frontfacadeforeground【导航词义：前面】

短语用例

front for sb/sth

• 为…掩护（秘密、非法活动）
  to represent a group or an organization and try to hide its secret or illegal activities

习惯用语

n.

front and center
• 在（或进入）最重要位置
  in or into the most important position
in front
• 在前面
  in a position that is further forward than sb/sth but not very far away
• Their house is the one with the big garden in front.
  他们的房子是前面有大花园的那一座。
• （赛跑或比赛）领先
  in first place in a race or competition
• The blue team is currently in front with a lead of six points.
  蓝队目前以六分领先。
in front of
• 在…前面
  in a position that is further forward than sb/sth but not very far away
• The car in front of me stopped suddenly and I had to brake.
  我前面那辆车突然停下来，我也只好刹车。
• The bus stops right in front of our house.
  公共汽车就停在我们的房子前面。
• He was standing in front of me in the line.
  在队列中他站在我的前面。
• She spends all day sitting in front of (= working at) her computer.
  她整天坐在计算机前（工作）。
• 当着…的面；在…面前
  if you do sth in front of sb, you do it when they are there
• Please don't talk about it in front of the children.
  请不要当着孩子们的面谈那件事。
• 未来；在…前面
  still to come; not yet passed
• Don't give up. You still have your whole life in front of you.
  不要放弃，你的前面还有一辈子呢。
out front
• （剧院等）观众席；（餐厅等）座席
  in the part of a theatre, restaurant, etc. where the public sits
• There's only a small audience out front tonight.
  今夜观众席上人很少。
• 在（建筑物）大门外
  in the area near to the entrance to a building
• I'll wait for you out (the) front.
  我在大门外等你。
up front
• 预付；先付
  as payment in advance
• We'll pay you half up front and the other half when you've finished the job.
  我们先付一半给你，工作完成后再付另一半。
• 在前锋位置
  in a forward position
• to play up front
  担任前锋
back to front
• （衣服）前后颠倒（或前后穿反）
  if you put on a piece of clothing back to front , you make a mistake and put the back where the front should be
• I think you've got that sweater on back to front.
  我觉得你把毛衣前后穿反了。
cash down
• 即付现款；即期付款
  with immediate payment of cash
• to pay for sth cash down
  用现款支付
lead from the front
• 带头；带动；引导
  to take an active part in what you are telling or persuading others to do

adj.

on the front burner
• 处于前列重要地位；受到重视；为当务之急
  being given a lot of attention because it is considered important
• Anything that keeps education on the front burner is good.
  任何重视教育的事都是好事。

牛津词典

noun

前部；前部位置 forward part/position
• 正面
  the part or side of sth that faces forward; the side of sth that you look at first
  1. The front of the building was covered with ivy.
     大楼的正面爬满了常春藤。
  2. The book has a picture of Rome on the front .
     书的封面有一张罗马的照片。
  3. The front of the car was badly damaged.
     轿车的前面严重损坏。
• 前面；正前方
  the position that is in the direction that sb/sth is facing
  1. Keep your eyes to the front and walk straight ahead.
     两眼看着正前方径直往前走。
  2. There's a garden at the front of the house.
     房子的前面有一座花园。
• 前部
  the part of sth that is furthest forward
  1. I prefer to travel in the front of the car (= next to the driver) .
     我喜欢坐在轿车的前座。
  2. The teacher made me move my seat to the front of the classroom.
     老师把我的座位改在教室的前面。
  3. Write your name in the front of the book (= the first few pages) .
     在前面的书页写上你的名字。
胸部 chest
• 身体前部；胸部
  the part of sb's body that faces forwards; sb's chest
  1. She was lying on her front.
     她俯卧着。
  2. I spilled coffee down my front.
     我把咖啡溅到前襟上。
建筑物的面 side of building
• （建筑物，尤指教堂朝西、北、东、南等的）面
  the side of a large building, especially a church, that faces west, north, etc.
  1. the west front of the cathedral
     大教堂朝西的一面
海 / 湖边 edge of sea/lake
• 海滨；湖畔；河边；沿海（或湖、河）道路
  the road or area of land along the edge of the sea, a lake or a river
  1. Couples walked hand in hand along the front.
     对对情侣手牵手沿河边散步。
战争 in war
• 前线；前方
  an area where fighting takes place during a war
  1. More British troops have been sent to the front.
     更多的英国部队已派往前线。
  2. to serve at the front
     在前方服役
  3. fighting a war on two fronts
     在两条战线上战斗
活动领域 area of activity
• 活动领域；阵线
  a particular area of activity
  1. Things are looking unsettled on the economic front.
     经济战线上的情况显得不稳定。
  2. Progress has been made on all fronts .
     各方面都取得了进展。
隐藏感情 hiding true feelings
• 表面；外表
  behaviour that is not genuine, done in order to hide your true feelings or opinions
  1. Rudeness is just a front for her shyness.
     她的粗鲁只是为了掩饰她的羞怯。
  2. It's not always easy to put on a brave front for the family.
     常为家人装出勇敢的样子并不容易。
  3. The prime minister stressed the need to present a united front (= show people that all members of the group have the same opinion about things) .
     首相强调必须表现出团结一致。
掩盖非法活动 hiding sth illegal
• 非法（或秘密）活动掩护者
  a person or an organization that is used to hide an illegal or secret activity
  1. The travel company is just a front for drug trafficking.
     这家旅行社不过是毒品交易的掩护场所。
政治组织 political organization
• （用于政治组织的名称）阵线
  used in the names of some political organizations
  1. the Animal Liberation Front
     动物解放阵线
天气 weather
• （冷暖空气团接触的）锋
  the line where a mass of cold air meets a mass of warm air
  1. a cold/warm front
     冷 / 暖锋

adj.

• 前面的；前部的；在前的；正面的
  on or at the front of sth
  1. front teeth
     门牙
  2. the front wheels of the car
     汽车的前轮
  3. We had seats in the front row.
     我们坐在前排座位。
  4. an animal's front legs
     动物的前腿
  5. Let's go through to the front room (= the main room in a house where people sit and entertain guests) .
     咱们穿过去直到客厅。
  6. a front-seat passenger
     前排座位的一个乘客
• 舌前位发的；舌前的
  produced with the front of the tongue in a higher position than the back, for example /iː/ in English

verb

面向 face sth
• 面向；在…前面；朝；向
  to face sth or be in front of sth; to have the front pointing towards sth
  1. The cathedral fronts the city's main square.
     大教堂面向城市的主广场。
  2. The line of houses fronted straight onto the road.
     这排房子正对着马路。
覆盖正面 cover front
• 用…作正面；用…覆盖正面
  to have the front covered with sth
  1. a glass-fronted bookcase
     正面是玻璃的书柜
领导团体 lead group
• 领导，代表（团体、组织等）
  to lead or represent an organization, a group, etc.
  1. He fronts a multinational company.
     他领导一家跨国公司。
  2. A former art student fronted the band (= was the main singer) .
     乐队的主音歌手曾是一位艺术院校学生。
主持电视节目 present TV programme
• 主持（电视节目、演出等）
  to present a television programme, a show, etc.
语法 grammar
• （为强调而将句子某一部分）前置
  to give more importance to a part of a sentence by placing it at or near the beginning of the sentence, as in ‘That I would like to see.’

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 前面;前部;正面
  Thefrontofsomething is the part of it that faces you, or that faces forward, or that you normally see or use.
  1. 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。
  2. Stand at the front of the line...
     站在队伍前头。
  3. Her cotton dress had ripped down the front.
     她的棉布连衣裙前面都扯裂了。
• N-COUNT (建筑物)临街的一面，正面
  Thefrontofa building is the side or part of it that faces the street.
  1. 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。
• N-SING (人或动物的)身体前部，前身,胸部
  A person's or animal'sfrontis the part of their body between their head and their legs that is on the opposite side to their back.
  1. 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。
• ADJ 前面的;前部的;正面的;(位置)在前的
  Frontis used to refer to the side or part of something that is towards the front or nearest to the front.
  1. I went out there on the front porch...
     我出来走到前廊上。
  2. She was only six and still missing her front teeth...
     她才 6 岁，门牙还没长出来。
  3. 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。
• See also:The Guardian's front page carries a photograph of the two foreign ministers...The violence in the Gaza Strip makes the front page of most of the newspapers.front-page
• N-SING 海滨道
  The frontis a road next to the sea in a seaside town.
  1. ...a stroll on the front...
     漫步于海滨道
  2. 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。
• See also:Sonja's husband is fighting at the front.front line
• N-COUNT (某个)方面，领域
  If you say that something is happening on a particularfront, you mean that it is happening with regard to a particular situation or field of activity.
  1. ...research across a wide academic front...
     跨多个学术领域的研究
  2. We're moving forward on a variety of fronts.
     我们正在多个方面向前推进。
• N-COUNT (装出的)样子;假面具
  If someone puts on a particular kind offront, they pretend to have a particular quality.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• N-COUNT (非法或秘密的组织或活动的)掩护，幌子
  An organization or activity that isafrontforone that is illegal or secret is used to hide it.
  1. ...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
  2. 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。
• N-COUNT (冷热空气交汇的)锋
  In relation to the weather, afrontis a line where a mass of cold air meets a mass of warm air.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• N-IN-NAMES (常用于政治组织名称中)阵线
  Frontis often used in the titles of political organizations with a particular aim.
  1. ...the People's Liberation Front.
     人民解放阵线
• VERB 面对;朝向
  A building or an area of land thatfrontsa particular place orfrontsontoit is next to it and faces it.
  1. ...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
  2. 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。
  3. ...quaint cottages fronted by lawns and flowerbeds.
     前面有草坪和花坛的几处别致的村舍
• VERB 领导;作为…的领袖
  The person whofrontsan organization is the most senior person in it.
  1. He fronted a formidable band of fighters...
     他率领着一队可畏的斗士。
  2. 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


• VERB 作为…的主唱
  The person whofrontsa pop group or rock band is the main singer.
  1. 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。
  2. ...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
• PHRASE 在前面;在最前头
  If a person or thing isin front, they are ahead of others in a moving group, or further forward than someone or something else.
  1. 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。
  2. '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。
• PHRASE (在竞赛或比赛中)处于领先位置
  Someone who isin frontin a competition or contest at a particular point is winning at that point.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• PREP-PHRASE 在…前面;靠近…前部
  If someone or something isin front ofa particular thing, they are facing it, ahead of it, or close to the front part of it.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. A police car was parked in front of the house.
     一辆警车停在这幢房子前面。
• PREP-PHRASE 在…面前(做或说);当着…的面
  If you do or say somethingin front ofsomeone else, you do or say it when they are present.
  1. They never argued in front of their children...
     他们从来不当着孩子的面争吵。
  2. 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。
• PHRASE 在国内方面
  On the home frontoron the domestic frontmeans with regard to your own country rather than foreign countries.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

英英释义

noun

• the side that is seen or that goes first
• the outward appearance of a person
  1. he put up a bold front
• a group of people with a common ideology who try together to achieve certain general goals
  1. he was a charter member of the movement
  2. politicians have to respect a mass movement
  3. he led the national liberation front
  Synonym:movementsocial movement
• the side that is forward or prominent
  Synonym:front endforepart
• the line along which opposing armies face each other
  Synonym:battlefrontfront line
• the part of something that is nearest to the normal viewer
  1. he walked to the front of the stage
• the immediate proximity of someone or something
  1. she blushed in his presence
  2. he sensed the presence of danger
  3. he was well behaved in front of company
  Synonym:presence
• a person used as a cover for some questionable activity
  Synonym:front manfigureheadnominal headstraw manstrawman
• (meteorology) the atmospheric phenomenon created at the boundary between two different air masses
• a sphere of activity involving effort
  1. the Japanese were active last week on the diplomatic front
  2. they advertise on many different fronts

verb

• confront bodily
  1. breast the storm
  Synonym:breast
• be oriented in a certain direction, often with respect to another reference point
  1. The house looks north
  2. My backyard look onto the pond
  3. The building faces the park
  Synonym:lookface

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• We're moving forward on a variety of fronts.
  我们正在多个方面向前推进。
• 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。
• 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。
• She was only six and still missing her front teeth
  她才6岁，门牙还没长出来。
• 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。
• Sonja's husband is fighting at the front.
  索尼娅的丈夫正在前线打仗。
• Her cotton dress had ripped down the front.
  她的棉布连衣裙前面都扯裂了。