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frontier

/fruhn-teer, fron-; also, especially British, fruhn-teer/US // frʌnˈtɪər, frɒn-; also, especially British, ˈfrʌn tɪər //UK // (ˈfrʌntɪə, frʌnˈtɪə) //

边界,边疆,边境,边界地区

Related Words

perimeter周边,周长,周边环境,周边地区march进行曲,行进,前进,行军borderline边界线,边境地区,边缘地带,边界bound边界,捆绑,捆绑式,边界的confines框框,边界,框内,狭窄的空间edge边缘,边缘地带,边缘化,优势limit限度,限额,限定,限期verge边缘,边缘化,边缘地带,边缘地区borderland边境地区,边界地区,边界地带,边境地带boondocks丛林地带,丛林地带的,水浒传,土生土长的人outskirts郊区,郊外,近郊,乡郊unknown未知,不详,未知数,未知的outback内陆,内陆地区,内地,外地backwoods僻静处,树林,僻壤bush灌木丛,灌木,灌木丛生,灌木丛中hinterland腹地,内陆地区,内地,内陆backwater回水,后水,背水一战,死水sticks棍棒,棍子,棒子,杆子backcountry僻静处,后山,乡土,僻静的地方boonies丛林,沼泽地,繁荣,丛林地带

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the part of a country that borders another country; boundary; border.
    • : the land or territory that forms the furthest extent of a country's settled or inhabited regions.
    • : Often frontiers. the limit of knowledge or the most advanced achievement in a particular field: the frontiers of physics.an outer limit in a field of endeavor, especially one in which the opportunities for research and development have not been exploited: the frontiers of space exploration.
    • : Mathematics. boundary.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, relating to, or located on the frontier: a frontier town.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounboundary
Forms: frontiers
Synonyms
borderland边境地区,边界地区,边界地带,边境地带borderline边界线,边境地区,边缘地带,边界bound边界,捆绑,捆绑式,边界的confines框框,边界,框内,狭窄的空间edge边缘,边缘地带,边缘化,优势limit限度,限额,限定,限期march进行曲,行进,前进,行军perimeter周边,周长,周边环境,周边地区verge边缘,边缘化,边缘地带,边缘地区
noununexplored, unoccupied area of land
Forms: frontiers
Synonyms
backwater回水,后水,背水一战,死水backwoods僻静处,树林,僻壤boondocks丛林地带,丛林地带的,水浒传,土生土长的人bush灌木丛,灌木,灌木丛生,灌木丛中hinterland腹地,内陆地区,内地,内陆outback内陆,内陆地区,内地,外地outskirts郊区,郊外,近郊,乡郊unknown未知,不详,未知数,未知的backcountry僻静处,后山,乡土,僻静的地方boonies丛林,沼泽地,繁荣,丛林地带

Examples

  • I think this is a very important frontier for protein science.

  • They joined forces to create Science Service, which began syndicating articles about the frontiers of science to newspapers around the country.

  • For Microsoft, bringing streaming from the cloud to Xbox Game Pass has been revolutionary and opens up a new frontier with billions of gamers worldwide.

  • Musk’s impromptu interview on Clubhouse seemingly opened up a new frontier in the world of Web communication.

  • Mike Daly, the lead designer, knew that they were playing on the frontier of what was possible — and acceptable to players.

  • Privacy advocates such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation say everyone should use it.

  • A cousin took me to the National Frontier Trail Museum, where I jotted down dutiful notes.

  • She went ahead and flew on Frontier Flight 1143 from Cleveland back to Dallas.

  • Nothing but watch, that is, and prevent Kurdish reinforcements from crossing the frontier to help defend Kobani.

  • A guy with a baseball cap tells me that the frontier one closed last month.

  • And it was no light task, then, for six hundred men to keep the peace on a thousand miles of frontier.

  • He was long engaged in sanguinary war with the Turks and the French, who pillaged and destroyed his frontier towns.

  • Next morning Rome rang with the affair; by noon all three Englishmen were safely over the frontier.

  • The wild frontier life had drawn him in and under, as in a whirlpool; but he was New Englander yet at heart.

  • Ten victories would not cost as much as the first week's march towards the frontier.

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