音标：['fɒ:mә]
a. 从前的, 前者的
n. 起形成作用的人(或物), 模型, 样板
【医】 成形器
相关词组:
the former
英汉词典

former的短语、例句：

former adj[attrib 作定语] 1 of an earlier period or time 以前的
the former world champion 前世界冠军
my former landlady 我以前的女房东
in former times 以前
She´s back to her former self again, eg after an illness. 她又恢复了以前的样子（如病後）. 2 being the first mentioned of two things or people 前者的（两者中先提到的）
The former option favours the married man. 前一种选择对已婚男子有利. 3 (idm 习语) a shadow of one´s/its former self => shadow.