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the frontal of [a building]
此义指建筑物正面的外观，常见于建筑学语境。
The frontal of the building was decorated with carved stone.
这座建筑的正面饰有石雕。
祭坛帷幔
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祭坛帷幔
A decorative drapery covering the front of an altar.
The frontal of the building was decorated with carved stone.
这座建筑的正面饰有石雕。
覆盖祭坛正面的装饰性帷幔。
A decorative drapery covering the front of an altar.
建筑物的正面。
The façade of a building.
The church's richly embroidered frontal was only used on major religious holidays.
教堂那幅刺绣精美的祭坛帷幔只在重要宗教节日才使用。
A volunteer carefully ironed the white linen frontal before the Sunday service.
周日礼拜前，一名志愿者仔细熨烫了那块白色亚麻祭坛帷幔。
The small museum displays several medieval frontals from nearby churches.
这家小博物馆展出了几件来自附近教堂的中世纪祭坛帷幔。
此义指建筑物正面的外观，常见于建筑学语境。
The frontal of the building was decorated with carved stone.
这座建筑的正面饰有石雕。
固定搭配，特指覆盖祭坛正面的装饰帷幔；也可说 the frontal of the altar。
The priest replaced the altar frontal with a new embroidered cloth.
牧师用一块新的绣花布更换了祭坛帷幔。
Not this
The frontal of the line was moving slowly.
Use this
The front of the line was moving slowly.
名词 frontal 仅指祭坛帷幔或建筑物的正面，不表示队伍或事物的“前面”；表示一般位置时应用 front。
Not this
Two frontal of the altar were replaced.
Use this
Two frontals of the altar were replaced.
frontal 是可数名词，复数形式为 frontals；在 two 等数量词后必须使用复数。
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祭坛帷幔
The altar frontal was embroidered with a gold cross.
祭坛帷幔上绣着一个金色的十字架。
季节性祭坛帷幔
The church keeps seasonal frontals for different feasts.
教堂为不同的节日备有应季的祭坛帷幔。
建筑物正面
The frontal of the building faces the main square.
这座建筑的正面朝向主广场。
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用 front（前面）+ al 来记：想象一块帷幔挂在祭坛正面，或建筑正面的外观，记住它专指“前面的覆盖物”。
语域：formal 常见场景：religious settings、architectural discussions 作为名词时，frontal 多出现在宗教建筑或建筑学相关的正式书面表达中，指祭坛前的装饰帷幔或建筑物正面。
front, confront, affront, brunt, blunt all contain the /ʌnt/ sound and rhyme with front, which is the root of frontal. No common word rhymes with the full /ˈfrʌntəl/. Font looks similar to front but is pronounced /fɒnt/ (US /fɑːnt/), not /frʌnt/.
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