a.[Z][B]

1. 從前的，早前的，舊時的
   In former days there was a racecourse here.

   從前這兒有個賽馬場。

2. 在前的；（兩者中）前者的
   When she is offered ice-cream or pie, she always chooses the former.

   當有冰淇淋或派給她吃時，她總是挑選前者。

3. 前任的；一度的
   The guide showed us the old home of former President Theodore Roosevelt.

   導遊帶我們看了前總統西奧多‧羅斯福的故居。

adj.

1. having been previously.
   ▸of or occurring in the past.
2. (the former) denoting the first or first-mentioned of two people or things.

n.

1. a person or thing that forms something.
2. a transverse strengthening part in an aircraft wing or fuselage.
3. a frame or core around which an electrical coil can be wound.
4. [in combination] Brit. a person in a particular school year:
   a fifth-former.