单词 prelingual 释义 prelingual, a.|prilgwl|a. [pre- B. 1] Antecedent to the development or acquirement of language.1873F. Hall Mod. Eng. 334 Theoretical admirers of the ......
单词 prelibation 释义 prelibation|prilaben|Also 7 pr-.[ad. late L. prlbtin-em a tasting beforehand, an offering of the first-fruits, n. of action f. prlbre: see prec. So ......
单词 prelinguistic 释义 prelinguistic, a. and n.[pre- B. 1.]A. adj. = prelingual a. a.1900H. Sweet Hist. Lang. iv. 39 Even in the pre⁓linguistic stage in which gesture p......
单词 prelibate 释义 † prelibate, v. Obs.Also pr-.[f. ppl. stem of L. prlbre (f. pr, pre- A. 1 + lbre to taste).]trans. To taste beforehand; to give a foretaste.1623Cocke......
单词 preliminary 释义 preliminary, n. and a. (adv.)|prlmnr|Also 7 pr-.[ad. F. prliminaire or mod.L. prlminris (both used in Treaties of Westphalia, 1648), f. L. pr before......
单词 prelimit 释义 prelimit, v.|prilmt|Also 7 pr-.[pre- A. 1.]trans. To limit or set bounds to beforehand; to confine within limits previously fixed.a1649Drummond of Hawt......
单词 pre-liberation 释义 pre-liberation, -lifesee pre- B. 2 a.{var l=document.getElementsByTagName("link");var r=/OED4.css$/;for(var i=l.length-1;i>=0;i--)with(l[i].href)......
单词 prelimination 释义 † prelimination Obs. rare.[f. as prec. + -ation.]A preliminary action or performance.1667Waterhouse Fire Lond. 16 These preliminations ushered in......
单词 prelimen 释义 prelimen|prlamn|[f. L. pr before + lmen threshold.]A preliminary step.1898C. S. Sherrington in Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B. CXC. 50 The requisite prelimen t......
单词 prelim 释义 prelim|prlm, prilm|colloq. abbrev. of preliminary n. and a. a. A preliminary practice, examination, contest, inquiry, or report. Also transf., a student ......