fore

fore
adjective
  1. [attrib.]situated or placed in front
    前面的
    the fore and hind pairs of wings.
    前翼和后翼。
noun
  1. the front part of something, especially a ship
    (尤指船)前部
exclamation
  1. called out as a warning to people in the path of a golf ball
    躲开(高尔夫击球时警告前方人用语)
preposition
  1. (亦作 'fore). non-standard form of before:
    (非规范)。 同 before:
    many years will go by fore you have a Europound in your pocket.
    要在口袋中有欧元镑不知得等到哪年。
常用词组
to the fore
  1. in or to a conspicuous or leading position
    在(或进入)显著位置,在(或进入)首要位置
    the succession issue came to the fore.
    继任成了首要问题。
语源
  1. Old English (as a preposition, also in the sense 'before in time, previously'): of Germanic origin; related to Dutch voor and German vor. The adjective and noun represent the prefix fore- used independently (late 15th cent.)
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