frontal

adjective

/ˈfrʌntl/

[only before noun]

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connected with the front of something正面的；前部的
- Airbags protect the driver in the event of a severe frontal impact.汽车若遇到正面猛烈撞击，安全气囊可以保护驾车者。
(also full-frontal)
a frontal attack is very strong and direct（攻击或抨击）正面的，劈头盖脸的，直截了当的
- They launched a frontal attack on company directors.他们直截了当地对公司董事进行抨击。
connected with a weather front（天气）锋的
- a cold frontal system冷锋系
(medical医学) connected with the front part of the head前额的
- the frontal lobes of the brain大脑额叶

Word Originmid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘relating to the forehead’): from modern Latin frontalis, from Latin frons, front- ‘front, forehead’.