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frontier

英 ['frʌntɪə; frʌn'tɪə]美[frʌn'tɪr]
  • n. 前沿;边界;国境
  • adj. 边界的;开拓的
  • n. (Frontier)人名;(法)弗龙捷

英英释意


1. a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country;
"the individualism of the frontier in Andrew Jackson's day"
2. an international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundary
3. an undeveloped field of study; a topic inviting research and development;
"he worked at the frontier of brain science"
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