单词 preadaptation 释义 preadaptation[pre- A. 2.]Adaptation beforehand; spec. in Biol. [tr. F. pradaptation (L. Cunot La Gense des Espces Animales (1911) iv. 306)], the p......
单词 pre-adjectival 释义 pre-adjectival, -adjunctpre- B. 1 d, A. 2.{var l=document.getElementsByTagName("link");var r=/OED4.css$/;for(var i=l.length-1;i>=0;i--)with(l[i].......
单词 pre-address 释义 pre-addresssee pre- A. 1.{var l=document.getElementsByTagName("link");var r=/OED4.css$/;for(var i=l.length-1;i>=0;i--)with(l[i].href){var m=match(r)......
单词 preadapt 释义 preadapt, v.|pridpt|[pre- A. 1.]trans. To adapt beforehand; spec. in Biol., to adapt (an organism) for life in conditions not yet available to it. Henc......
单词 pre-acquaint 释义 pre-acquaint, v.|prikwent|[pre- A. 1.]trans. To acquaint beforehand, inform previously. Const. with. So pre-acquaintance, previous acquaintance; pr......
单词 pre-acknowledge 释义 pre-acknowledge, v.[pre- A. 1.]trans. To acknowledge beforehand or as a preliminary. Hence pre-acknowledged ppl. a.1657J. Sergeant Schism Dispac......
单词 pre-act 释义 pre-act, v.|prikt|Also 7 pract.[pre- A. 1.]trans. and intr. To act beforehand. So pre-acting ppl. a.; pre-action, previous action.1646Sir T. Browne Pseu......
单词 pre-adamic 释义 pre-adamic, a.|pridmk|[f. pre- B. 1 + Adamic.]Anterior to Adam: = next, B. 1.1846in Worcester citing I. Taylor.1855Bailey Mystic 54 To him came too f......
单词 pread 释义 preadvariant of prede n. and v. Obs.{var l=document.getElementsByTagName("link");var r=/OED4.css$/;for(var i=l.length-1;i>=0;i--)with(l[i].href){var m=mat......
单词 preacuate 释义 † preacuate, v. Obs. rare—0.[irreg. f. L. pr-acu-re to sharpen at the end, or to a point (f. pr- before + acure to sharpen) + -ate3.](See quot.) So ......