Read the text first and then explain the new words. 先读课文,然后解释生词。
Sunday is the first day of the week. 星期日是一周的第一天。
He was the first to be there. 他是第一个到达那里的。
first
[ noun ]
the first or highest in an ordering or series
<noun.linkdef> He wanted to be the first
the first element in a countable series
<noun.quantity> the first of the month
the time at which something is supposed to begin
<noun.time> they got an early start she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her
the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate)
<noun.act>
an honours degree of the highest class
<noun.communication>
the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving
<noun.artifact> [ adj ]
preceding all others in time or space or degree
<adj.all> the first house on the right the first day of spring his first political race her first baby the first time the first meetings of the new party the first phase of his training
highest in pitch or chief among parts or voices or instruments or orchestra sections
<adj.all> first soprano the first violin section played first horn [ adv ]
before anything else
<adv.all> first we must consider the garter snake
the initial time
<adv.all> when Felix first saw a garter snake
before another in time, space, or importance
<adv.all> I was here first let's do this job first
prominently forward
<adv.all> he put his best foot foremost [ adj ]
indicating the beginning unit in a series
<adj.all>
serving to set in motion
<adj.all> the magazine's inaugural issue the initiative phase in the negotiations an initiatory step toward a treaty his first (or maiden) speech in Congress the liner's maiden voyage
serving to begin
<adj.all> the beginning canto of the poem the first verse
ranking above all others
<adj.all> was first in her class the foremost figure among marine artists the top graduate
First \First\ (f[~e]rst), a. [OE. first, furst, AS. fyrst; akin to Icel. fyrstr, Sw. & Dan. f["o]rste, OHG. furist, G. f["u]rst prince; a superlatiye form of E. for, fore. See {For}, {Fore}, and cf. {Formeer}, {Foremost}.] 1. Preceding all others of a series or kind; the ordinal of one; earliest; as, the first day of a month; the first year of a reign.
2. Foremost; in front of, or in advance of, all others.
3. Most eminent or exalted; most excellent; chief; highest; as, Demosthenes was the first orator of Greece.
{At first blush}. See under {Blush}.
{At first hand}, from the first or original source; without the intervention of any agent.
It is the intention of the person to reveal it at first hand, by way of mouth, to yourself. --Dickens.
{First coat} (Plastering), the solid foundation of coarse stuff, on which the rest is placed; it is thick, and crossed with lines, so as to give a bond for the next coat.
{First day}, Sunday; -- so called by the Friends.
{First floor}. (a) The ground floor. [U.S.] (b) The floor next above the ground floor. [Eng.]
{First fruit} or {First fruits}. (a) The fruits of the season earliest gathered. (b) (Feudal Law) One year's profits of lands belonging to the king on the death of a tenant who held directly from him. (c) (Eng. Eccl. Law) The first year's whole profits of a benefice or spiritual living. (d) The earliest effects or results.
See, Father, what first fruits on earth are sprung From thy implanted grace in man! --Milton.
{First mate}, an officer in a merchant vessel next in rank to the captain.
{First name}, same as {Christian name}. See under {Name}, n.
{First officer} (Naut.), in the merchant service, same as {First mate} (above).
{First sergeant} (Mil.), the ranking non-commissioned officer in a company; the orderly sergeant. --Farrow.
{First watch} (Naut.), the watch from eight to twelve at midnight; also, the men on duty during that time.
{First water}, the highest quality or purest luster; -- said of gems, especially of diamond and pearls.
First \First\ (f[~e]rst), adv. Before any other person or thing in time, space, rank, etc.; -- much used in composition with adjectives and participles.
Adam was first formed, then Eve. --1 Tim. ii. 13.
{At first}, {At the first}, at the beginning or origin.
{First or last}, at one time or another; at the beginning or end.
And all are fools and lovers first or last. --Dryden.
First \First\, n. (Mus.) The upper part of a duet, trio, etc., either vocal or instrumental; -- so called because it generally expresses the air, and has a pre["e]minence in the combined effect.
At the first Pan Am bankruptcy hearing, for example, at least five airlines were represented.
Under the first civil settlement of Boesky-related cases, reached in January, the 46 investors in Boesky's partnership will receive $248 million in liquidation proceedings.
As the first wines of the year, the Beaujolais nouveau, normally considered an inexpensive lightweight, served as a bellwether to both quality and the price the market will bear.
And in case you may have missed it the first 38 times, the Pickle Packers International association is out once again to convince the world of the preserved cucumber's value in everything from elementary education to international policy making.
Any of these, at least at first glance, could preclude Mexico as a possible site.
Thus ended the campaign in the first of the industrial states to vote, a battle that seemed as clear-cut on the Republican side as it was complicated for the Democrats.
His first financial success came was the Servitron Robot, a vinyl, 4-feet-tall, remote-control toy that serves drinks at parties.
'And you also wonder whether there really are that many opportunities out there in the first place.' THERE is no better measure of Saudi Arabia's business buoyancy than its stock market.
But they could overcome an impasse that has thwarted peace efforts since a shaky first truce collapsed last summer.
Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto will visit China on Feb. 11-14 on her first official trip abroad, the foreign ministry announced Sunday.
If he were brilliant, he probably would not be a family doctor in the first place.
The first two tales unfold from the point of view of small boys learning the oldest lesson in the book, that humans pay a price when their desire or greed interrupts nature's course.
In the first two months of this year alone, Ms. Moore arranged $1.3 billion of credit for three big companies that entered Chapter 11 proceedings.
The Rhode Island Democrat received only a single $5,000 contribution in the first half of this year despite the threat of a strong Republican opponent for the first time in nearly two decades.
The Rhode Island Democrat received only a single $5,000 contribution in the first half of this year despite the threat of a strong Republican opponent for the first time in nearly two decades.
The government first acknowledged the Hanford problems publicly in 1986, although much information about radiation releases there is still classified as secret.
She said only two of about 150 candidates supported by the ultra-right nationalist group Pamyat survived the first round.
Former Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega paid his first visit to the United States since his election defeat last February and admitted he made many mistakes while in power.
Out of total production till March of 44.12m kg south India contributed 29.85m kg, which was 10m kg lower than the crop in the first quarter of 1991.
In 1789, John Adams was sworn in as the first vice president of the United States.
In addition to the surging orders, Boeing attributed its earnings rise to lower new-business expense in areas such as research and development, which dropped to $382 million for the first six months, compared with $399 million for the year-ago period.
In the first 26 weeks of 1990, nearly five times more cases were diagnosed in Washington than during all of 1989, when 55 measles cases were reported, state health officials said.
Pozsgay shot up in popular esteem last January when he became the first public leader to proclaim that the 1956 revolt was a popular uprising and not a counterrevolution, as it had officially been termed for more than 32 years.
The first is that the treaty signed in Maastricht did not envisage that Britain would participate in the social chapter.
But after the first year, borrowers will be able to convert the new loans from an ARM to a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage from the 13th month through the 60th month of the loan.
Davies smiles enigmatically and walks off. Cardiff, February 1. The first home game in the championship for Wales is marked by an outpouring of Welsh cliches.
The deal was signed in Ankara at the end of a two-day visit by Russia's first deputy prime minister, Mr Oleg Soskovets.
State regulators are said to be investigating a doctor who speeded up delivery of a baby, plopped the infant into a Christmas stocking and dashed to a TV studio next door to display her as the county's first newborn of the '90s.
Operators of the Seabrook nuclear power plant warmed the reactor for its first low-power testing, but opponents planned to turn up some heat of their own with a new round of mass protests.
In 1981 she was named the first woman maintenance squadron commander in the Strategic Air Command at McConnell Air Force Base in Kansas.