[attrib.]situated or placed in front 前面的 the fore and hind pairs of wings. 前翼和后翼。
noun
the front part of something, especially a ship (尤指船)前部
exclamation
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
(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
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
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.)