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former 音标拼音: [f'ɔrmɚ] a. 从前的,前者的
n. 形成者,模型,样板 从前的,前者的形成者,模型,样板 former 线圈架 former *前 former adj 1: referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned (or the earlier one or ones of several); "the novel was made into a film in 1943 and again in 1967; I prefer the former version to the latter one" [ant: {latter(a)}] 2: belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover" [synonym: {erstwhile(a)}, {former(a)}, {old}, {onetime(a)}, {one- time(a)}, {quondam(a)}, {sometime(a)}] 3: (used especially of persons) of the immediate past; "the former president"; "our late President is still very active"; "the previous occupant of the White House" [synonym: {former(a)}, {late(a)}, {previous(a)}] 4: belonging to the distant past; "the early inhabitants of Europe"; "former generations"; "in other times" [synonym: {early(a)}, {former(a)}, {other(a)}] n 1: the first of two or the first mentioned of two; "Tom and Dick were both heroes but only the former is remembered today" [ant: {latter}] Former \For"mer\, a. [A compar. due to OE. formest. See {Foremost}.] 1. Preceding in order of time; antecedent; previous; prior; earlier; hence, ancient; long past. [1913 Webster] For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age. --Job. viii. 8. [1913 Webster] The latter and former rain. --Hosea vi. 3. [1913 Webster] 3. Near the beginning; preceeding; as, the former part of a discourse or argument. [1913 Webster] 3. Earlier, as between two things mentioned together; first mentioned. [1913 Webster] A bad author deserves better usage than a bad critic; a man may be the former merely through the misfortune of an ill judgment; but he can not be latter without both that and an ill temper. --Pope. Syn: Prior; previous; anterior; antecedent; preceding; foregoing. [1913 Webster] Former \Form"er\, n. 1. One who forms; a maker; a creator. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mech.) (a) A shape around which an article is to be shaped, molded, woven wrapped, pasted, or otherwise constructed. (b) A templet, pattern, or gauge by which an article is shaped. (c) A cutting die. [1913 Webster] 56 Moby Thesaurus words for "former":
aforementioned, aforenamed, aforesaid, ancient, antecedent, antediluvian, anterior, anticipatory, beforementioned, bygone, ci-devant, departed, earlier, early, elder, eldest, erstwhile, first, first-born, firstling, fore, foregoing, forementioned, forenamed, immemorial, last, late, latest, major, named, old, olden, older, oldest, once, onetime, past, precedent, preceding, precurrent, preexistent, prehistoric, previous, prime, primeval, primitive, primogenitary, prior, quondam, recent, said, same, senior, sometime, then, whilom
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