| 单词 |
preambulation |
| 释义 |
preambulation|prɪæmbjʊˈleɪʃən| [Noun of action from prec.: see -ation.] 1. The making of a preamble; a preamble, preface.
c1386Chaucer Wife's Prol. 837 Now dame quod he... This is a long preamble of a tale..What spekestow of preambulacioun [MSS. Harl. 7334, Camb. perambulacioun]. 1623Cockeram 11, The first Speech of any thing, exordium, preambulation. 1768F. Burney Early Diary 27 Mar., And now I have done with preambulation. 1805Emily Clark Banks of Douro III. 69 Introduced the subject..after a long preambulation. 2. ‘A walking or going before’. rare—0.
1828in Webster; hence in later Dicts. |

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