ford
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ford /fɔːd $ fɔːrd/ noun [countable] DNa place where a river is not deep, so that you can walk or drive across it 〔河流的〕可涉水而过之处，浅滩 —ford verb [transitive]
Examples from the Corpus
ford• Fords and bridge sites often change little over the years and Watkins cites several examples of leys crossing rivers at fords.• Hiding and sleeping by day, they were watching a ford of the river by night.• By dawn the creek was out of its banks and roaring over the concrete ford.• Chariots can not move over obstacles or difficult terrain except to cross a river at a bridge or ford.• The colours of the stripes stand ford courage and sacrifice, truth and peace and faith and chivalry.• So the hiding-places must be reasonably near a suitable ford of Teviot.• Once across the ford leave the track and walk through the fields by the burn side.• At any rate, Ramsay reached the Town ford relieved to find no one there.nFord n1. trademark one of the world's largest car companies, which is based in the US and has factories in many countriesn2. a car made by this company → Ford, HenryOrigin ford Old Englishplace Corpus so a a deep, where not is river
ford
ford /fɔːd $ fɔːrd/
noun [countable]
—ford verb [transitive]
ford /fɔːd $ fɔːrd/
noun [countable] Language: Old English
a place where a river is not deep, so that you can walk or drive across it—ford verb [transitive]
Ford
Ford
1. trademark one of the world's largest car companies, which is based in the US and has factories in many countries
2. a car made by this company ⇨ Ford, Henry
Ford, Ei‧leen /ˈaɪliːn/
(1922–) a US businesswoman whose company finds models for magazines. She is famous for hiring some of the most popular and beautiful models.
Ford, Ford Mad‧dox /fɔːd ˈmædəks $ fɔːrd-/
(1873–1939) a British writer of many poems, articles, and novels, including The Good Soldier and Parade's End which relate his experiences as an army officer in France in World War I
Ford, Ger‧ald /ˈdʒerəld/
(1913–2006) a US politician in the Republican Party who was President of the US from 1974 to 1977. He became president after Richard Nixon was forced to resign (=leave his job) because of Watergate.
Ford, Harrison
(1942–) a US actor known for being sexually attractive, and who has appeared in films about exciting adventures, such as Star Wars (1977), and the Indiana Jones series of films
Ford, Henry
(1863–1947) a US businessman and engineer, who started making cars in 1896 and established the Ford Motor Company. He developed the idea of the assembly line (=system in which each worker is responsible for one small part of the process of making something), and this made it possible to produce cars in large numbers. He designed the famous Model T Ford, and became one of the US’s richest and most successful businessmen. He is also known for saying ‘History is bunk’.
Ford, John
(1895–1973) a US film director known especially for his westerns (=films about the American west in the 19th century). His films include Stagecoach (1939), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), and The Searchers (1956).
Ford, Richard
(1944–) a writer from the southern US who does not like to be called a ‘southern writer’. He is known for writing stories that are set outside the south and the events of his best-known novels, The Sportswriter and Independence Day, take place in New Jersey. Independence Day received both a PEN/Faulkner Award and a Pulitzer Prize in 1996, and was the first novel ever to win both awards.
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1. trademark one of the world's largest car companies, which is based in the US and has factories in many countries
2. a car made by this company ⇨ Ford, Henry
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(1922–) a US businesswoman whose company finds models for magazines. She is famous for hiring some of the most popular and beautiful models.
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(1873–1939) a British writer of many poems, articles, and novels, including The Good Soldier and Parade's End which relate his experiences as an army officer in France in World War I
| IV |
(1913–2006) a US politician in the Republican Party who was President of the US from 1974 to 1977. He became president after Richard Nixon was forced to resign (=leave his job) because of Watergate.
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(1942–) a US actor known for being sexually attractive, and who has appeared in films about exciting adventures, such as Star Wars (1977), and the Indiana Jones series of films
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(1863–1947) a US businessman and engineer, who started making cars in 1896 and established the Ford Motor Company. He developed the idea of the assembly line (=system in which each worker is responsible for one small part of the process of making something), and this made it possible to produce cars in large numbers. He designed the famous Model T Ford, and became one of the US’s richest and most successful businessmen. He is also known for saying ‘History is bunk’.
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(1895–1973) a US film director known especially for his westerns (=films about the American west in the 19th century). His films include Stagecoach (1939), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), and The Searchers (1956).
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(1944–) a writer from the southern US who does not like to be called a ‘southern writer’. He is known for writing stories that are set outside the south and the events of his best-known novels, The Sportswriter and Independence Day, take place in New Jersey. Independence Day received both a PEN/Faulkner Award and a Pulitzer Prize in 1996, and was the first novel ever to win both awards.