| 释义 |
frontier /'frAntia(r) US: frAn'tiar; frAn'tir/ n [C] 1 part of a country bordering on another country; (land on each side of a) boundary: 国境; 边陶; 边界： 0 town on the 位于边区的城市; (attrib) (形容用法) ~ disputes/incidents; 边疆的净端(事件 j; (esp US, in the past) farthest part of a country to which settlement has spread, beyond which there is wild or unsettled land. (尤指昔时美国之)新开辟地。 ~ s man /-zman; -zman/ n (pl -men) man who lives on a ~; pioneer in a newly settled district near the ~. 边强居民; 拓荒者。 2 (fig) extreme limit: (喻)极限： the ~s of knowledge; 知识的极限; underdeveloped area (eg of scientific research). 未开发的领域(如科学研究方面者)。 |