front

front
[frʌnt] 1. n
1) c [of house, dress] 前面 [qiánmiàn]

jackets with buttons down the front — 前面有纽扣的上衣; [of coach, train, car] 前部 [qiánbù]

The cop searched the front of the car. — 警方搜查了汽车的前部。

2) c (MIL) 前线 [qiánxiàn]

Her husband is fighting at the front. — 她的丈夫在前线打仗。

3) c (MET) 锋 [fēng]

a cold/warm front — 冷/暖锋

4) s also: sea front 海滨人行道 [hǎibīn rénxíngdào]

a stroll along the front — 沿海滨人行道的散步

5) c (pretence) 装模作样 [zhuāngmúzuòyàng]

Richard kept up a brave front. — 理查德一直装作一副勇敢的样子。

6) c (disguise) 幌子 [huǎngzi]

The organization was used as a front for drug trafficking. — 该组织被用作毒品贩运的幌子。

2. adj
1) [+ seat, garden, entrance etc] 前面的 [qiánmiàn de]
2) [+ tooth] 前部的 [qiánbù de]
3. vi

* to front onto sth — [+ house] 面向某物 [miànxiàng mǒuwù]

houses that front directly onto little courtyards — 直接面向小庭院的房子

4. vt
1) (BRIT) [+ organization] 当...的头儿 [dāng...de tóur] [美 = head
2) + pop group] 做...的主唱 [zuò...de zhǔchàng]

* in front — (in moving line) 在前面

He was driving too close to the car in front. — 他车开得离前面的车太近。; (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 — (facing) 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。; (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


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