frontier ['frʌntjə] US UK

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n. 边疆;边界,边缘

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noun

1.
【释义】

[C] [especially BrE] the border of a country

国界,边境:

【例句】

Lille is close to the frontier between France and Belgium.

里尔靠近法比边境。

【例句】

Troops established a road block on the frontier.

军队在边境设立了一个路障。

2.
【释义】

the frontier, an area where people have never lived before, that not much is known about, especially in the western US before the 20th century

〔尤指 20 世纪前美国西部的〕边远地区,荒野地区; 边疆:

【例句】

a novel about a family's struggle on the American frontier

描写一家人在美国边远地区奋斗的小说

【例句】

space, the final frontier

太空,最后的前沿

3.
【释义】

the frontiers of knowledge / physics etc, the limits of what is known about something

知识/物理学等的新领域:

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