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'fortune-teller noun a
person who claims to have magic powers and who tells people what will happen to
them in the future *£AW^faA; forty Otw
/• fo:ti; NAmE 'foirti/
1 number 40 0 -f* 2 noun
the forties [pi.] numbers, years or temperatures from 40
to 49 129 -+*/l; 0 -f*£pft ► fortieth /'fo:tia0; 'foirt-/ ordinal
number, noun
There are examples of how to use ordinal numbers at
the entry for fifth. W fa ?A A #!]
the .forty-ninth parallel noun the
line on a map that is 49° north of the equator, thought of as forming the border between western
Canada and the
us 49 wem (Mfa #
.forty 'winks noun [pi.]
(informal) a short sleep, especially
during the day ( jtjk&A ) /MS,
ABS:
I’ll feel much better when I’ve had forty winks. fj A [1$
forum /'foiram/
noun 1 ~ (for sth) a place where people can exchange opinions and
ideas on a particular issue; a meeting organized for this purpose ; i£
ig; hti£z^: Television
is now an important forum for political debate. fetlBJ$7®fcfclltifefali^1f&0
o an Internet forum 5 ©£ M ig 0 to hold an
international forum on drug abuse WG iWH
0 Ptfffelg 2 (in
ancient
forward 0"«r /To:wad;
NAmE 'forrward/ odv., ad/., verb, noun
• adv. 1 (also forwards especially
in BrE) towards a place or position that is in
front fa bu :
She leaned
forward and
kissed him on the cheek. ftM^WfalHU, T life fa ffi ffl
o O He took two steps forward, Itfc fa HU T W o They ran forward to
welcome her. ftklf]]f&fa HU A )lM#o PU3 back, backward(s) 2 towards a good
result iftM; Huift: We consider this agreement to be an important step
forward. fSiniAA, iA^ tASJifa HU fi tB T ® ^ fa —
ftA <> Cutting our costs is the only way forward. <t^||?!cfn£)lfa[f 0
We are not
getting any
further forward with the discussion. ft ID fa fa
PTin backward(s) 3 towards the future; ahead in time fa A; ft
ft : Looking
forward, we hope to expand our operations in several of our overseas branches.
M M
aa, oThe
next scene takes the
story forward five years. T—
0 (old use) from this day forward jAW 4
earlier; sooner Hbu: It was
decided to bring the meeting forward two weeks. BiftA^JEzHASI BuMML 5 (technical
7|t ift) in or towards the front part of a ship or plane £ ( 3tfa ) fl&A; £ ( i£fa ) Iflf: The main cabin is
situated forward of (= in front of) the mast, fa HUffio — see also look
forward at
LOOK, PUT FORWARD at PUT UiKlil See
BACKWARDS, CLOCK n., FOOT n.
madj. 1
[only before noun] directed or moving towards the front fa hu fa; HU ift (ft :
The door opened, blocking his forward movement. H JF 7
, ^ l± (t HU ift fa &„ 0 a forward pass (= in a
sports game) fa HU It ^ 2 [only before noun] (technical 7^1#) located in
front, especially on a ship, plane or other vehicle ( % It lift,
3E.MXM:
) HU^Pfa, HUfafa: the forward cabins f OA bolt
may have fallen off the plane’s forward door. \IJIhuMn fa—A n H Rf ffiJSLm
7» 3 relating to the future A A fa ; A fa
: the forward movement of history Jfj i fa fa HU ^ OA little forward
planning at the outset can save you a lot of expense. — JF #n Sft A A A
JT M1:A fa IS 0 TF % o 0 The plans are still no further forward than they were last month.
t+tlJAfii; iftfi, D5li±Af! fa^#7o 4 behaving towards
sb in a manner which is too confident or too informal # # fa; H A fa; Af L fa: I
hope you don’t think I’m being too forward.
BACKWARD
verb 1 ~ sth (to sb) | ~ (sb) sth (formal) to
send or pass
goods or information to
sb W ( Mw^tiaM ) :
[VN, VNN] We will be forwarding our new catalogue
to you next week. miftT0
We will be forwarding you our new catalogue next week. in#ATM$falftW±frfa®(& i o [VN] to forward
a request/complaint/proposal JcA / SA / 2
[VN]
~ sth (to sb) to send
a letter, etc. received at the address a person used to live at to their new
address ( ) nn, EEEIsendon: Could
you forward any mail
to us in
1ft FW71 further : He saw the assignment as a way to forward his career.
@0 — see
also fast-forward mnoun an attacking player whose position is near
the front of a team in some sports ( is |A ) HU # —
compare back n.(8)
‘forwarding
address noun a new address to which letters should be
sent on from an old address that sb has moved away from ( ) #fitfe±lfc
‘forward-looking
adj. (approving) planning for the future; willing to
consider modem ideas and methods
faftmfa; Wift^Mlft
for ward ness /‘foiwadnas; NAmE ‘foirward-/ noun
[U] behaviour that is too confident or too informal # #;
m;
‘forward
slash noun the symbol (/) used in computer commands
and in Internet addresses to separate the different parts IE!4fI — compare backslash forwent pt of forgo
fos-sick /'fDsik; NAmE 'fais-/
verb [V] (AustralE,
NZE, informal) 1 ~ (through sth) to
search through sth (#■••
ft1 ) It #, SiA: He spent ages fossicking through the
documents. o
2 to
search for gold in mines
that are no longer used (
r+) ^
f os-si I /TdsI; NAmE 'fa:sl/ noun 1 the remains of an animal or a plant which have become
hard and turned into rock itfj:
fossils over two million years old 7f
^F- (ft it ft 2 (informal, disapproving) an old
person, especially one who is unable to accept new ideas or adapt to changes
^A; ( Ale ) Aj® fa , JB£M14fcW
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'fossil fuel noun [C, U] fuel such as coal or oil, that was formed over
millions of years from the remains of animals or plants ifcEUfaW
( )
fossil ize (BrE also -ise) /'fosalaiz;
NAmE 'fa:s-/ verb 1 [usually passive] to
become or make sth become a fossil ( l£ ) kit®, Git: [VN]fossilized
bones itGM #f§ [also V] 2 [V, VN] (disapproving) to become, or
make sb/sth become, fixed and unable to change or develop ( f£ A ^ ty} ) II it ►
fos-sil-iza-tion, -isa tion /.fDsalai-
'zeijn; NAmE .farsala'z-/ noun [U] fos-ter /'fDsta(r); NAmE 'fo:s-; 'fa:s-/ verb, adj. m verb 1 [VN]
to encourage sth to develop |j£jft; fUjIA,
&£M)j 033 encourage, promote : The club’s
aim is to foster better relations within the community. H4x]sr[$ ®£g£|£iftfa#faMA£o 2 (especially BrE) to take another
person’s child into your home for a period of time, without becoming his or her
legal parents ft#, aw, mm ( UkAA-A-Sfafa ) : [VN] They have fostered
over 60 children during the past ten years. fE jft A+WlWJ, UMOffiWT
60£A;i*o 0 [V] We couldn’t adopt a child, so we decided to foster. 3A
||f Ao —compare adopt(I)
■
adj. [only before noun] used with some
nouns in connection with the fostering of a child (
) : a foster
mother/father/family lt#^ / A; lt#®lCll 0 foster parents lt#A# 0 a
foster child ft #A 0 a foster home 0
foster care
fought pt, pp Of FIGHT foul /faul/ adj., verb,
noun • adj. (foul-er,
foul-est) 1 dirty and smelling bad fa ; 0. fa fa : foul air/breath ft >{| |^J fa $ H /
H W 0 a foul-smelling prison % ft* fa K ^ o note
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