frontier
英 ['fr?nt??; fr?n't??]
美 [fr?n't?r]
- n. 前沿；邊界；國境
- adj. 邊界的；開拓的
- n. (Frontier)人名；(法)弗龍捷
中文詞源
frontier 拓荒者，邊遠地區居民來自front,前面的，原義為前線部隊，邊疆。后用于美國西部大開發時期拓荒者，邊遠居民。
英文詞源
- 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]
雙語例句
- 1. A "frontier-free" Europe implies a greatly increased market for all economic operators.
- “無國界的”歐洲對所有經營者來說都意味著一個大大擴展了的市場。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Until very recently Texas was an unsettled frontier.
- 就在沒多久之前，得克薩斯州還是一個荒無人煙的邊遠地區。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. the frontier between the land of the Saxons and that of the Danes
- 撒克遜人土地和古斯堪的納維亞人土地的邊界
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. There were very few border controls on the southwestern frontier.
- 西南國界上沒幾個邊境檢查站.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. The frontier station was starved for food and water.
- 邊防站急需食物和水.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》