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first

/furst/US // fɜrst //UK // (fɜːst) //

首先,第一次,第一,先

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : being before all others with respect to time, order, rank, importance, etc., used as the ordinal number of one: the first edition; the first vice president.
    • : Music. highest or chief among several voices or instruments of the same class: first alto; first horn.
    • : Automotive. low.
    • : being a member of the household or an intimate acquaintance of the president of the United States or of the governor of a state: the First Lady; Checkers, the first dog.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : before all others or anything else in time, order, rank, etc.
    • : before some other thing, event, etc.: If you're going, phone first.
    • : for the first time: She first visited Atlanta in 1980.
    • : in preference to something else; rather; sooner: I'd die first.
    • : in the first place; firstly.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the person or thing that is first in time, order, rank, etc.
    • : the beginning.
    • : the first part; first member of a series.
    • : Music. the voice or instrument that takes the highest or chief part in its class, especially in an orchestra or chorus.a leader of a part or group of performers.
    • : Automotive. low gear; first gear: She shifted into first and drove off.
    • : the winning position or rank in a race or other competition.
    • : Baseball. first base.
    • : Usually firsts .Commerce. a product or goods of the first or highest quality.goods produced according to specifications, without visible flaws.Compare second, third.
    • : British University. first-class honors.See also class. a person who has won such honors.

Phrases

  • first and foremost
  • first and last
  • first blush
  • first come, first served
  • first cousin
  • first hand
  • first of all
  • first off
  • first thing
  • first things first
  • at first
  • at first blush
  • at first hand
  • cast the first stone
  • get to first base
  • if at first you don't succeed
  • in the first place
  • in the (first) flush of
  • love at first sight
  • not know beans (the first thing)
  • of the first water
  • on a first-name basis

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.earliest in order
Synonyms
early早期,早期的,早日,早aboriginal原住民,土著,土著人,土生土长的人antecedent先例,前事,前事之师,前身anterior前部,前方,前面的,前部的basic基本的,基本,基础的,基础beginning开始,初期,开头,起点cardinal红衣主教,红衣大主教,红衣主教的,红雀front前面,前面的,正面,前方fundamental基本,基本的,根本,基础head头,头部,头颅,头头inaugural开幕式,开幕仪式,开幕,开幕式上initial最初的,最初,初始,初始化key钥匙,关键,密钥,关键的leading领导,领先,领先的,领导层least至少,最少,最少的,至少是opening开场,开幕,开放,开幕式original原始的,原始,原创,原有的pioneer开拓者,先行者,先驱者,先锋premier总理,首长,首选,首要的primary初级,初级的,主要的,首要的prime首要的,首要,首选,首要任务primitive原始的,原始,原始人,原始人的ahead领先,前面,未来,前方elementary初级的,初级,基本的,基本first off第一关,首先是,首先headmost最前面的,最前面,首要的,最重要的in the beginning起初,开始时,开始的时候,起初是inceptive感性的,敏锐的,感知性的,感知性incipient刚开始的,初期,刚开始,初期的introductory介绍性的,介绍性,介绍性说明,介绍性介绍lead off牵头负责,牵头人,牵头负责的工作,牵头负责的number one第一,第一位,第一名,第一批numero uno一号,第一位,第一名,一号人物primeval原始的,原始,最初的,原始人primogenial原始的,初代,初生代,初代的primordial原始的,最初的,原生的,初始的pristine质朴的,质朴,纯洁的,纯净的right up front正面的,正面,正好在前面,正前方rudimentary低级的,低级,低级别的,低级阶段slightest微不足道的,微不足道,最轻微的,最轻微smallest最小的,最少的,最小的一个,规模最小的
adj.highest in importance

Examples

  • Fluoride first entered an American water supply through a rather inelegant technocratic scheme.

  • In the first episode, an officer is shown video of himself shooting and killing a man.

  • But since those rosy scenarios were first floated, the California political scene has grown more crowded.

  • Eric Garcetti succeeded Villaraigosa and has received high marks in his first year and a half on the job.

  • He sees himself as the first Muslim president of all Europe.

  • This is the first and principal point at which we can stanch the wastage of teaching energy that now goes on.

  • He was converted and baptized, and was the first Hebrew instructor at Harvard college.

  • And I have not had the first morsel of food prepared from this grain offered me since I reached the shores of Europe.

  • Now first we shall want our pupil to understand, speak, read and write the mother tongue well.

  • In treble, second and fourth, the first change is a dodge behind; and the second time the treble leads, there's a double Bob.