资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Front \Front\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fronted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Fronting}.]
   1. To oppose face to face; to oppose directly; to meet in a
      hostile manner.

            You four shall front them in the narrow lane.
                                                  --Shak.

   2. To appear before; to meet.

            [Enid] daily fronted him In some fresh splendor.
                                                  --Tennyson.

   3. To face toward; to have the front toward; to confront; as,
      the house fronts the street.

            And then suddenly front the changed reality. --J.
                                                  Morley.

   4. To stand opposed or opposite to, or over against as, his
      house fronts the church.

   5. To adorn in front; to supply a front to; as, to front a
      house with marble; to front a head with laurel.

            Yonder walls, that pertly front your town. --Shak.

Fronted \Front"ed\, a.
   Formed with a front; drawn up in line. ``Fronted brigades.''
   --Milton.