frontier
n
1 [C]
(a) ~ (between sth and sth); ~ (with sth) border between two countries 国界; 边界
the frontier between Austria and Hungary 奥地利和匈牙利之间的边界.
(b) land on either side of such a border 边疆; 边陲; 边境; 国境
[attrib 作定语]
a frontier zone 边境地带
a frontier town 边疆城镇
frontier disputes 边界争端.
2 the frontier [sing]
(esp US) extreme limit of settled land, beyond which the country is wild and undeveloped 已开发地区的边缘地带
Beyond the frontier lay very real dangers. 在开发地区以外十分危险.
3 the frontiers [pl]
extreme limit, esp of knowledge about sth 极限(尤指有关某事物的知识的); 尖端; 边缘
advance the frontiers of science 拓展科学的领域
teach near the frontiers of one's subject, ie give recently discovered information 讲授个人专业领域的新知识. =>Usage at border 用法见border.
snapvt.& vi. 猛地咬住;呵斥;折断;
vt. 拍照;用子母扣扣;[棒球]快速传(球);拍…的快照;
n. (树枝等的)突然折断;严厉的话;突然的撕咬;尤指关上或断裂的声音)啪嗒声;
vi. 啪啪作响;(目光)闪耀;(牙齿等)咯咯作响;(精神)突然崩溃;
adj. 容易的;喀嗒一声扣下的;仓促的;
adv. 噼啪作响地;啪嗒一声;猛然;
moldn. 模子;模式;类型;霉;
vt. 塑造;浇铸;用模子做;用泥土覆盖;
vi. 对…产生影响,形成;发霉;
effectiveadj. 有效的;起作用的;实际的,实在的;给人深刻印象;
n. [军]现役兵额,有生力量,精兵;
industrialadj. 工业的,产业的;从事工业的;供工业用的;来自勤劳的;
n. 工业股票;工业工人;