
frontier基本信息
读法:英 ["frʌntɪə; frʌn"tɪə] 美 [frʌn"tɪr]
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英英释义
Noun:
中英词源
frontier 拓荒者,边远地区居民
来自front,前面的,原义为前线部队,边疆。后用于美国西部大开发时期拓荒者,边远居民。
- frontier (n.)
- c. 1400, frowntere, "front line of an army;" early 15c., fronture, "borderland, part of a country which faces another," from Old French frontiere "boundary-line of a country," also "frontier fortress; front rank of an army" (13c.), noun use of adjective frontier "facing, neighboring," from front "brow" (see front (n.)). In reference to North America, "part of the country which is at the edge of its settled regions" from 1670s. Later it was given a specific sense:
What is the frontier? ... In the census reports it is treated as the margin of that settlement which has a density of two or more to the square mile. [F.J. Turner, "The Frontier in American History," 1920]
词态变化
复数 frontiers;
权威造句
- 1. A "frontier-free" Europe implies a greatly increased market for all economic operators.
- “无国界的”欧洲对所有经营者来说都意味着一个大大扩展了的市场。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Until very recently Texas was an unsettled frontier.
- 就在没多久之前,得克萨斯州还是一个荒无人烟的边远地区。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. the frontier between the land of the Saxons and that of the Danes
- 撒克逊人土地和古斯堪的纳维亚人土地的边界
来自《权威词典》
- 4. There were very few border controls on the southwestern frontier.
- 西南国界上没几个边境检查站.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. The frontier station was starved for food and water.
- 边防站急需食物和水.
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近反义词
相似短语
单词分析
这些名词均含有“边界,边境”之意。border多指国与国之间或两地区的分界处,即分界线附近的边缘部分。
bounds常与boundary换用,指土地边界,但意思不如boundary明确,主要用于抽象事物和文学作品中。
boundary侧重地图上正式标定的、双方遵守的边界,也可指较小行政单位间的界线。
frontier指两国接壤的前沿地区,属于各国的国境和边疆,多指设防的边界。
limit含义广泛,常用作复数。指任何界限、范围、分界线外面的部分,可指有形或无形的东西。
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