formers
[ˈfɔ:məz]

n.

过去的，在前的，以前的( former的名词复数 )；

英英释义

former

• n.the first of two or the first mentioned of two

  "Tom and Dick were both heroes but only the former is remembered today"

• adj.
  • 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"

  • belonging to some prior time

    "our former glory"

    同义词：erstwhile(a)oldonetime(a)quondam(a)sometime(a)

  • (used especially of persons) of the immediate past

    "the former president"

    同义词：late(a)previous(a)

  • belonging to the distant past

    "former generations"

    同义词：early(a)other(a)

词组短语

former president前任总统

former residence故居

former name曾用名

in former times从前

film former成膜剂，成膜物；薄膜生成元素；薄膜形成器

权威例句

Coarse-grained microscopic model of glass formers
Antimicrobial peptides: pore formers or metabolic inhibitors in bacteria?
The effect of pore formers on the controlled release of cefadroxil from a polyurethane matrix
Nonexponential relaxations in strong and fragile glass formers
Classification of secondary relaxation in glass-formers based on dynamic properties.
Excess wing in the dielectric loss of glass formers: further evidence for a β-relaxation
Dynamic order-disorder in atomistic models of structural glass formers
Impact of body weight on urinary electrolytes in urinary stone formers.
Dynamics of strong and fragile glass formers: Differences and correlation with low-temperature properties
The distribution of glass-transition temperatures in nanoscopically confined glass formers.