Forward

(noun.) a position on a basketball, soccer, or hockey team.

(noun.) the person who plays the position of forward in certain games, such as basketball, soccer, or hockey.

(verb.) send or ship onward from an intermediate post or station in transit; 'forward my mail'.

(adj.) at or near or directed toward the front; 'the forward section of the aircraft'; 'a forward plunge down the stairs'; 'forward motion' .

(adj.) of the transmission gear causing forward movement in a motor vehicle; 'in a forward gear' .

(adj.) used of temperament or behavior; lacking restraint or modesty; 'a forward child badly in need of discipline' .

(adv.) at or to or toward the front; 'he faced forward'; 'step forward'; 'she practiced sewing backward as well as frontward on her new sewing machine'; (`forrad' and `forrard' are dialectal variations).

校对:南森

• They heard a rifle bolt snick as it was drawn back and then the knock against the wood as it was pushed forward and down on the stock. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• Sir James was annoyed, and leaned forward to play with Celia's Maltese dog. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• We looked forward to the day when I should go out for a ride, as we had once looked forward to the day of my apprenticeship. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Worcester declared that he looked forward to no hope nor rest until we should be really married. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• He pushed his face forward as he spoke and his lips and eyelids were continually twitching like a man with St. Vitus's dance. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• They rested on some straw in a loft until the middle of the night, and then rode forward again when all the town was asleep. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• As I shrank away from such a visitor, he came forward and seized my candle. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Why wasn't the letter forwarded to me? 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• General Halleck appreciated the situation and, without being asked, forwarded reinforcements with all possible dispatch. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Any letter addressed to me at the Leather Bottle, Cobham, Kent, will be forwarded--supposing I still exist. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Brandlight and Sons, which I have forwarded. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• It had been sent by the way of New Orleans to Banks to be forwarded to me. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Here is a message for you, forwarded from Baltimore; it is a cablegram from Paris. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• The substance of this letter was forwarded to Emma, in a note from Mrs. Weston, instantly. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• Gerald suddenly let go the horse and leaped forwards, almost on to Gudrun. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• The carriage was ready: they were bringing it round to the front, and my master was pacing the pavement, Pilot following him backwards and forwards. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Mr. Thornton made a hasty step or two forwards; recovered himself, and went with quiet firmness to the door (which she had left open), and shut it. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• In two minutes, without another word, she moved forwards; no good-night, no further inquiry. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• She paused--twisted the cloth in her hands, backwards and forwards, and whispered to herself, What is it he said? 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• Forwards against Robert; and they hate him. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Nathaniel Pipkin could make no reply, so old Lobbs shook him backwards and forwards, for two or three minutes, by way of arranging his ideas for him. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• I have the greatest pleasure, my dear Emma, in forwarding to you the enclosed. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• There was delay therefore in repairing the road back, and in gathering and forwarding supplies to the front. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The forbearance of her family on a point, respecting which she could be in no doubt of their wishes, might be their surest means of forwarding it. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.

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