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向前的,早的,迅速的,在前的,进步的转寄,促进,运送向前地;   转信,(可将某封信件转送给某位用户或某一站)

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

Forward \For"ward\, a.
   1. Near, or at the fore part; in advance of something else;
      as, the forward gun in a ship, or the forward ship in a
      fleet.

   2. Ready; prompt; strongly inclined; in an ill sense,
      overready; to hasty.

            Only they would that we should remember the poor;
            the same which I also was forward to do. --Gal. ii.
                                                  10.

            Nor do we find him forward to be sounded. --Shak.

   3. Ardent; eager; earnest; in an ill sense, less reserved or
      modest than is proper; bold; confident; as, the boy is too
      forward for his years.

            I have known men disagreeably forward from their
            shyness.                              --T. Arnold.

   4. Advanced beyond the usual degree; advanced for season; as,
      the grass is forward, or forward for the season; we have a
      forward spring.

Forward \For"ward\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Forwarded}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Forwarding}.]
   1. To help onward; to advance; to promote; to accelerate; to
      quicken; to hasten; as, to forward the growth of a plant;
      to forward one in improvement.

   2. To send forward; to send toward the place of destination;
      to transmit; as, to forward a letter.

Forward \For"ward\, n. [OE., fr. AS. foreweard; fore before +
   weard a ward. See {Ward}, n.]
   An agreement; a covenant; a promise. [Obs.]

         Tell us a tale anon, as forward is.      --Chaucer.

Forward \For"ward\, Forwards \For"wards\, adv. [AS. forweard,
   foreweard; for, fore + -weardes; akin to G. vorw["a]rts. The
   s is properly a genitive ending. See {For}, {Fore}, and
   {-ward}, {-wards}.]
   Toward a part or place before or in front; onward; in
   advance; progressively; -- opposed to backward.

资料来源 : WordNet®

forward
     adj 1: at or near or directed toward the front; "the forward
            section of the aircraft"; "a forward plunge down the
            stairs"; "forward motion" [ant: {backward}]
     2: moving toward a position ahead; "forward motion"; "the
        onward course of events" [syn: {onward}]
     3: used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or
        modesty; "a forward child badly in need of discipline"
        [ant: {backward}]
     4: of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor
        vehicle; "in a forward gear" [ant: {reverse}]
     5: moving forward [syn: {advancing}, {forward-moving}]
     6: situated at or toward the front; "the fore cabins"; "the
        forward part of the ship"
     7: situated in the front; "the forward section of the aircraft"

forward
     n 1: the person who plays the position of forward on a basketball
          team
     2: a position on a basketball team

forward
     adv 1: at or to or toward the front; "he faced forward"; "step
            forward"; "she practiced sewing backward as well as
            frontward on her new sewing machine"; (`forrad' and
            `forrard' are dialectal variations) [syn: {forwards},
            {frontward}, {frontwards}, {forrad}, {forrard}] [ant:
            {back}]
     2: forward in time or order or degree; "from that time forth";
        "from the sixth century onward" [syn: {forth}, {onward}]
     3: toward the future; forward in time; "I like to look ahead in
        imagination to what the future may bring"; "I look forward
        to seeing you" [syn: {ahead}] [ant: {back}, {back}]
     4: in a forward direction; "go ahead"; "the train moved ahead
        slowly"; "the boat lurched ahead"; "moved onward into the
        forest"; "they went slowly forward in the mud" [syn: {ahead},
         {onward}, {onwards}, {forwards}, {forrader}]
     5: near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane; "the
        captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments"
        [syn: {fore}] [ant: {aft}]

forward
     v : send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in
         transit; "forward my mail" [syn: {send on}]

资料来源 : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

forward
     
         (verb) To send (a copy of) an {electronic mail}
        message that you have received on to one or more other
        {addressees}.  Most e-mail systems can be configured to do
        this automatically to all or certain messages, e.g. {Unix}
        {sendmail} looks for a ".forward" file in the recipient's
        {home directory}.
     
        A {mailing list} server (or "{mail exploder}") is designed to
        forward messages automatically to lists of people.
     
        {Unix manual page}: aliases(5).
     
        (2000-03-22)