adj. 向前的;早的;迅速的
adv. 向前地;向将来
vt. 促进;转寄;运送
n. 前锋
n. (Forward)人名;(英)福沃德
英 ['fɔːwəd] 美 ['fɔrwɚd]
权威例句
- The car passed over the body twice, once backward and then forward.
那辆车把那人来回轧了两次,先是倒着轧的,再是往前开着轧的。
来自柯林斯例句 - She walked forward and embraced him and stroked his tousled white hair.
她走上前拥抱他并轻抚他凌乱的白发。
来自柯林斯例句 - The one thing I look forward to is going punting in Cambridge.
我期盼的一件事就是在剑桥乘坐平底船畅游。
来自柯林斯例句 - Sarah came forward with a tight and angry face.
萨拉走上前来,紧绷着脸,怒气冲冲。
来自柯林斯例句 - I left a sergeant in command and rode forward to reconnoitre.
我留下一名中士指挥,自己策马前去侦察敌情。
来自柯林斯例句
中文词源
forward 向前
for-, 在前,词源同fore. -ward, 向,词源同toward.
英文词源
forward
**forward: **see forth
forward (adv.)
Old English forewearde "toward the front, in front; toward the future; at the beginning;" see fore + -ward. Adjectival sense of "early" is from 1520s; that of "presumptuous" is attested from 1560s. The Old English adjective meant "inclined to the front; early; former."
forward (v.)
1590s, "to help push forward," from forward (adv.). Meaning "to send (a letter, etc.) on to another destination" is from 1757; later of e-mail. Related: Forwarded; forwarding.
forward (n.)
Old English foreweard, "the fore or front part" of something, "outpost; scout;" see forward (adv.). The position in football so called since 1879.