frank 音標拼音: [fr'æŋk]
a . 坦白的,率直的,老實的
vt . 免費郵寄
n . 法蘭克,免費郵寄特權
坦白的,率直的,老實的免費郵寄法蘭克,免費郵寄特權
frank adj 1 :
characterized by directness in manner or speech ;
without subtlety or evasion ; "
blunt talking and straight shooting "; "
a blunt New England farmer "; "
I gave them my candid opinion "; "
forthright criticism "; "
a forthright approach to the problem "; "
tell me what you think --
and you may just as well be frank "; "
it is possible to be outspoken without being rude "; "
plainspoken and to the point "; "
a point -
blank accusation " [
synonym : {
blunt },
{
candid }, {
forthright }, {
frank }, {
free -
spoken },
{
outspoken }, {
plainspoken }, {
point -
blank }, {
straight -
from -
the -
shoulder }]
2 :
clearly manifest ;
evident ; "
frank enjoyment "
n 1 :
a member of the ancient Germanic peoples who spread from the Rhine into the Roman Empire in the 4th century 2 :
a smooth -
textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked ;
often served on a bread roll [
synonym : {
frank },
{
frankfurter }, {
hotdog }, {
hot dog }, {
dog }, {
wiener },
{
wienerwurst }, {
weenie }]
v 1 :
stamp with a postmark to indicate date and time of mailing [
synonym : {
postmark }, {
frank }]
2 :
exempt by means of an official pass or letter ,
as from customs or other checks frank \
frank \ (
fr [
a ^][
ng ]
k ),
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
franked }
(
fr [
a ^][
ng ]
kt );
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
franking }.]
1 .
To send by public conveyance free of expense . --
Dickens .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
To extempt from charge for postage ,
as a letter ,
package ,
or packet ,
etc .
[
1913 Webster ]
Frank \
Frank \,
n . [
See {
Frank },
a .]
The privilege of sending letters or other mail matter ,
free of postage ,
or without charge ;
also ,
the sign ,
mark ,
or signature denoting that a letter or other mail matter is to go free of postage .
Called also the {
franking privilege }.
[
1913 Webster PJC ]
I have said so much ,
that ,
if I had not a frank ,
I must burn my letter and begin again . --
Cowper .
[
1913 Webster ]
Frank \
Frank \,
n . [
OF .
franc .]
A pigsty . [
Obs .]
[
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Frank \
Frank \,
v .
t .
To shut up in a frank or sty ;
to pen up ;
hence ,
to cram ;
to fatten . [
Obs .] --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
Frank \
Frank \,
n . (
Zool .)
The common heron ; --
so called from its note . [
Prov .
Eng .]
[
1913 Webster ]
frank \
frank \ (
fr [
a ^][
ng ]
k ),
a . [
Compar . {
franker }
(
fr [
a ^][
ng ]
k "[~
e ]
r );
superl . {
frankest }.] [
F .
franc free ,
frank ,
L .
Francus a Frank ,
fr .
OHG .
Franko the name of a Germanic people on the Rhine ,
who afterward founded the French monarchy ;
cf .
AS .
franca javelin ,
Icel .
frakka .
Cf .
{
Franc }, {
French },
a ., {
Franchise },
n .]
1 .
Unbounded by restrictions ,
limitations ,
etc .;
free . [
R .]
"
It is of frank gift ." --
Spenser .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Free in uttering one '
s real sentiments ;
not reserved ;
using no disguise ;
candid ;
ingenuous ;
as ,
a frank nature ,
conversation ,
manner ,
etc .
[
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3 .
Liberal ;
generous ;
profuse . [
Obs .]
[
1913 Webster ]
Frank of civilities that cost them nothing .
--
L '
Estrange .
[
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4 .
Unrestrained ;
loose ;
licentious ; --
used in a bad sense .
--
Spenser .
Syn :
Ingenuous ;
candid ;
artless ;
plain ;
open ;
unreserved ;
undisguised ;
sincere .
See {
Candid }, {
Ingenuous }.
[
1913 Webster ]
Frank \
Frank \,
n . [
Cf .
F .
franc .
See {
Frank },
a .]
1 . (
Ethnol .)
A member of one of the German tribes that in the fifth century overran and conquered Gaul ,
and established the kingdom of France .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
A native or inhabitant of Western Europe ;
a European ; --
a term used in the Levant .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
A French coin .
See {
Franc }.
[
1913 Webster ]
213 Moby Thesaurus words for "
frank ":
PP ,
RD ,
RFD ,
Spartan ,
Vienna sausage ,
accessible ,
airmail ,
all jaw ,
approachable ,
artless ,
ascetic ,
austere ,
bald ,
bangers ,
bare ,
barefaced ,
black pudding ,
blood pudding ,
bluff ,
blunt ,
bologna ,
book post ,
born yesterday ,
braunschweiger ,
brazen ,
broad ,
brusque ,
cancellation ,
candid ,
chatty ,
childlike ,
coarse ,
common ,
commonplace ,
communicative ,
confiding ,
conversable ,
conversational ,
correspondence ,
demonstrative ,
direct ,
direct mail ,
direct -
mail selling ,
dispassionate ,
dog ,
downright ,
dry ,
dull ,
earthy ,
effusive ,
expansive ,
explicit ,
express ,
extroverted ,
fair ,
flip ,
fluent ,
forthright ,
fourth -
class mail ,
frankfurter ,
frankhearted ,
free ,
free -
speaking ,
free -
spoken ,
free -
tongued ,
gabby ,
garrulous ,
gassy ,
genuine ,
glib ,
gooseliver ,
gossipy ,
gregarious ,
gross ,
guileless ,
gushy ,
gutter ,
halfpenny post ,
headcheese ,
heart -
to -
heart ,
homely ,
homespun ,
honest ,
hot dog ,
impartial ,
ingenu ,
ingenuous ,
innocent ,
junk mail ,
just ,
knockwurst ,
lean ,
letter post ,
letters ,
liver sausage ,
liverwurst ,
long -
winded ,
loquacious ,
low ,
mail ,
mail -
order selling ,
mailing list ,
matter -
of -
fact ,
multiloquent ,
multiloquious ,
naive ,
natural ,
neat ,
newspaper post ,
newsy ,
on the level ,
open ,
openhearted ,
outgoing ,
outspoken ,
overtalkative ,
parcel post ,
plain ,
plain -
speaking ,
plain -
spoken ,
plainspoken ,
post ,
post day ,
postage ,
postage stamp ,
postmark ,
prolix ,
prosaic ,
prosing ,
prosy ,
pure ,
rank ,
raw ,
registered mail ,
round ,
rural delivery ,
rural free delivery ,
rustic ,
salami ,
saucisse ,
sausage ,
scrupulous ,
sea mail ,
seapost ,
self -
revealing ,
self -
revelatory ,
severe ,
simple ,
simple -
speaking ,
simplehearted ,
simpleminded ,
sincere ,
single ,
single -
hearted ,
single -
minded ,
smooth ,
sober ,
sociable ,
spare ,
special delivery ,
special handling ,
stamp ,
stark ,
straight ,
straight -
out ,
straightforward ,
surface mail ,
talkative ,
talky ,
transparent ,
trustful ,
trusting ,
truthful ,
unabashed ,
unadorned ,
unaffected ,
unbiased ,
unchecked ,
unconcealed ,
unconstrained ,
uncouth ,
undisguised ,
undissembled ,
undissembling ,
unequivocal ,
unguarded ,
unhampered ,
unimaginative ,
uninhibited ,
unmannered ,
unpoetical ,
unrepressed ,
unreserved ,
unrestrained ,
unrestricted ,
unreticent ,
unsecretive ,
unshrinking ,
unsilent ,
unsophisticated ,
unsuppressed ,
unsuspicious ,
unvarnished ,
unwary ,
upright ,
verbose ,
voluble ,
vulgar ,
weenie ,
wiener ,
wienerwurst ,
wienie ,
windy ["
Using BINS for Interprocess Communication ",
P .
C .
J .
Graham ,
SIGPLAN Notices 20 (
2 ):
32 -
41 (
Feb 1985 )].
(
1995 -
01 -
13 )
FRANK .
The privilege of sending and receiving letters ,
through the mails ,
free of postage .
2 .
This privilege is granted to various officers ,
not for their own special benefit ,
but with a view to promote the public good .
3 .
The Act of the 3d of March ,
1845 ,
s .
1 ,
enacts ,
That members of congress ,
and delegates from the territories ,
may receive letters ,
not exceeding two ounces in weight ,
free of postage ,
during the recess of congress ;
and the same privilege is extended to the vice -
president of the United States .
4 .
It is enacted ,
by 3d section ,
That all printed or lithographed circulars and handbills ,
or advertisements ,
printed or lithographed ,
on quarto post or single cap paper ,
or paper not larger than single cap ,
folded ,
directed ,
and unsealed ,
shall be charged with postage ,
at the rate of two cents for each sheet ,
and no more ,
whatever be the distance the same may be sent ;
and all pamphlets ,
magazines ,
periodicals ,
and every other kind and description of printed or other matter , (
except newspapers ,)
which shall be unconnected with any manuscript communication whatever ,
and which it is or may be lawful to transmit by the mail of the United States ,
shall be charged with postage ,
at the rate of two and a half cents for each copy sent ,
of no greater weight than one ounce ,
and one cent additional shall be charged for each additional ounce of the weight of every such pamphlet ,
magazine ,
matter ,
or thing ,
which may be transmitted through the mail ,
whatever be the distance the tame may be transported and any fractional excess ,
of not less than one -
half of an ounce ,
in the weight of any such matter or thing ,
above one or more ounces ,
shall be charged for as if said excess amounted to a full ounce .
5 .
And ,
by the 8th section ,
That each member of the senate ,
each member of the house of representatives ,
and each delegate from a territory of the United States ,
the secretary of the senate ,
and the clerk of the house ,
of representatives ,
may ,
during each session of congress ,
and for a period of thirty days before the commencement ,
and thirty days after the end of each and every session of congress ,
Bend and receive through the mail ,
free of postage ,
any letter ,
newspaper ,
or packet ,
not exceeding two ounces in weight ;
and all postage charged upon any letters ,
packages ,
petitions memorials ,
or other matters or things ,
received during any session of congress ,
by any senator ,
member ,
or delegate of the house of representatives ,
touching his official or legislative duties ,
by reason of any excess of weight ,
above two ounces ,
on the matter or thing so received ,
shall be paid out of the contingent fund of the house of which the person receiving the same may be a member .
And they shall have the right to frank written letters from themselves during the whole year ,
as now authorized by law .
6 .
The 5th section repeals all acts ,
and parts of acts ,
granting or conferring upon any person whatsoever the franking privilege .
7 .
The 23d section enacts ,
That nothing in this act contained shall be construed to repeal the laws granting the franking privilege to the president of the United States when in office ,
and to all ex -
presidents ,
and the widows of the former presidents ,
Madison and Harrison .
8 .
The Act of March 1 ,
1847 ,
enacts as follows Sec .
3 .
That all members of Congress ,
delegates from territories ,
the vice -
president of the United States ,
the secretary of the senate ,
and the clerk of the house of representatives ,
shall have the power to send and receive public documents free of postage during their term of office ;
and that the said members and delegates shall have the power to send and receive public documents ,
free of Postage ,
up to the first Monday of December following the expiration of their term of office .
Sec .
4 .
That the secretary of the senate and clerk of the house of representatives shall have the power to receive ,
as well as to send ,
all letters and packages ,
not weighing over two ounces ,
free of postage ,
during their term of office .
Sec .
5 .
That members of congress shall have the power to receive ,
as well as to send ,
all letters and packages ,
not weighing over two ounces ,
free of postage ,
up to the first Monday in December following the expiration of their term of office .
FRANK ,
FREE .
This word is used in composition ,
as frank -
almoign ,
frank -
marriage ,
frank -
tenement , &
c .
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