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former 音標拼音: [f'ɔrmɚ] a. 從前的,前者的
n. 形成者,模型,樣板 從前的,前者的形成者,模型,樣板 former線圈架 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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