They bought two miles of river frontage along the CoZomdo.他们买了两英里科罗拉多河沿河的土地。
'frontage road noun {
.frontal 'lobe noun (anatomy either of the two
parts at the front of the brain that are concerned with behav- iour，learning and
personality 额叶（.与行为、学习和个
性有关.)
the .front 'bench nown [C+sing./pl. v.] the most important
members of the government and the opposition in the British parliament, who sit
in the front rows of seats前座议员（英国议会中坐在前排座位的政府和反对
党要员的总称）：an Opposition介ont-bench spokesman cm
de/ence —位反对党前座议员国防事务发言人
—compare
back
bench
front-bench-er /,frAnt'bentJa(r)/ noun an important member
of the government or the opposition in the British parliament, who sits in the
front rows of seats (英国议会中的）前座议员一compareBACKBENCHER .front 'desk noun the desk inside the
entrance of a hotel, an office building, etc. where guests or visitors go when
they first arrive (宾馆等处的）前台，总台 —compare reception(I)
.front 'door noun the main entrance to a house, usually at the front 正门；前门：rhere’s someone at the 介ont door.前门有个人。一picture
o
page R23 'front-end adj. [only before noun] (computing it) (〇f a device or program 器件或程■序）directly used by a user, and allowing the user to use other
devices or programs 前端的；前置的；用户直接调用的一compareBACK-
END⑵
,front-, end loader noun (especially NAm£) a large vehicle with
machinery for digging worked by a system Of HYDRAULICS 正|*伊斗车
fron.tier /'frAnti^r); frAn.tir/ /?own 1 (8/f) [C]
〜（between A and B)
|
〜（with sth) a line that separates two
countries, etc.; the land near this line 国界；■边 界；边境：t/ie _/hmtier between
the Zand 〇/ the Saxons cmd that
o/t/ie Danes撒克逊人土地和古斯堪的纳维亚人
土地的边赛◊ a customs post
on the/ironrier with Jtaiy 与 意大f U交界的边境上的海关关卡◊ a介ontier town/ zone/post边陲小镇；边疆地带；边防站o note at border 2 the frontier [sing.] the edge of
land where people live and have built towns, beyond which the country is wild
and unknown, especially in the western US in the 19th century (尤指19世纪美国西部的）开发
■地区边缘地带，边远地区：aremote^ontierseftiement
边远地区定居点 3 [C，usually 〜（of sth) the limit of
sth,
especially the limit of what is
known about a particular subject or activity (学科或活动的）尖端，边缘：to push back the
frontiers of science (= to increase know- ledge of science) ■开拓科学新_ 滅to, roH bacfc the frontiers
of government (= to limit the powers of the government)限制政府权力
fron-tiers-man /'frAntiarzman; NAmE frAn'tirz-/ noun {pi. -men /-man/) a man living
on the frontier especially one who lived in the western US during the 19th
century《尤指19世纪美国西部的）开拓者，拓荒者，边 远地g居- .
fron-tis-piece /'frAntispiis/ noun [usually sing.] a
picture at the beginning of a book, on the page opposite the page with the
title on it ( 4书名页相对一页i：的）卷首 插图
the ,front 'line noun [sing.] an area where the enemies are
facing each other during a war and where fighting takes place 前线：Tanks have been
deployed all along the介ont如e.沿整个前线已部署了坦克。◊ /h)nt-h_ne
roops 前线部队 ITiT!l?l
in the front line (of sth) doing work that will.have an important
effect on sth.在最重 要的岗位上;_
在第一线：■ a hyfe spent
in t/ie介ont Zine 〇/ research在研究的第一鉍度过A—生 front-man /'frAntmaen/ noun {pi. -men /-men/) 1 a person who
represents an organization and tries to make its activities seem acceptable to
th€ public, although in fact they may be illegal (某组织 )代 表，头面人物；（非法活S的）掩护者•• He acted as a 介ontman /or a drugs
carteL他给f .个毒品集团当掩护。
2
the leader of a group of musicians 乐队领衔者 3
⑷兩 a person who presents
a television programme 电视节 目主持人_
.front 'office noun [sing.] (especially
,front-of-'house noun [U] (8r£) 1 the parts of a theatre
that are usect by the audience .( 院的）观众席 2 (often used as an
adjective 常用 _形容词）the business of
dealing with an audience at a theatre, for example selling tickets and
programmes (■剧院的）■前台事务， 观众j^J：作
.front 'page noun the first page of a
newspaper, where the most important news is printed ■(.报余兩）故:版： The story was on the front pages of all the tabloids,
^ 小报都在头版报道了这件事。► 'front-page W). [only before noun] ： The
divorce made front-page news. ® 离婚成了头版新闻。
.front 'runner noun a person, an animal or an organization
that seems most likely to win a race or competi- tion (赛跑或竞赛_中)最可能获胜者，领先者 .front-wheel 'drive noun [U] a system in which
power from the engine is sent to the front wheels of a vehicle 前轮驱动系统 一 compare REAR-WHEEL
DRIVE frost
/frost;
NAmE froist/ noun, verb
■
noi/n 1 [U，C] a weather condition in which the
temperature drops below 〇°C (= freezing
point) so
that a thin white layer of ice forms on the ground and other surfaces，especially at night严寒天气；霜冻；冰点以下
的温度：wiH be a dear night
wft/i some ground/irost. 今夜晴，部分地面有霜冻。oasharp/harct/severe介ost 酷寒77iere were ten
degrees o//h>st (= the temperature dropped to -l〇°C) Zast nig/if•昨夜拿下 10 摄氏度。
◊
/h)st damage 霜冻害 2 [U] the thin white
layer of ice that forms when the temperature drops below 〇°C It ： 77ie car windows were covered with/irost.车窗玻璃结了
霜。一see also hoar
frost
■
verb 1 ~ (sth)
(over/up) to cover sth or to become covered with a tliin white layer of ice
(使）蒙上霜，结 霜：[VN] The mi'rror
was_/hwfed up.镜子蒙了一层霜。◊ [V] The windows had 介osfed over.窗 _结_ 7霜。2 [VN] [especially
frost-bite /'friDstbait; NAmE 'froist-/ noun [U] a medical
condition in which parts of the body, especially the fingers and toes, become
damaged as a result of extremely cold temperatures 冻伤；冻疮frost.bit.ten /'frDstbitn; NAmE 'froist-/ adj.
frost-ed /'frDstid; NAmE 'froistid/ adj. 1 [only before noun] (of
glass 玻■璃）that has been given a
rough surface，. so that it is
difficult to see through 毛面的；磨砂的2.(巴/疋- da.//y
A/A/rjf) (of cakes, etc•糕饼等）covered with icing/frosting 覆有'(或撒有）.糖#沾 3 covered with frost结霜的：the /rosted garden寒霜覆盖的花园
4
containing very small shiny pieces 含有闪光小颗粒 的：介osted eyeshadow闪光眼影
frost.ing
/'frDstiri;
NAmE 'froist-/ noun [U] (N>\m£) =ICING
frosty /’frusti; AMmf
'fr3:sti/ at// T (of the weather 天气） extremely coid; cold
with frost 户寒的；霜冻的：a 介osty morm’ng 严寒的早晨◊ He breathed m
t/ie air..他吸进冰冷的空气。2 covered with frost结—的： _^e〖d5 结讀的田地 3
unfriendly, in a way that suggests that sb does not approve of sth 冷淡的；冷若
冰霜的：ci/iros(yioo?(/re/)Iy冷冰冰的样子；冷淡的答复