单词 premiership 释义 premiership|prmp, prim-|[f. premier n. + -ship.]1. a. The office of a premier or prime minister.1800Hazlitt Pol. Ess. (1819) 398 An inherency of the......
单词 premier danseur 释义 ‖ premier danseur|prmje dsr|Pl. premiers danseurs.[Fr., lit. ‘first dancer’.]A leading male dancer in a ballet company. Cf. premire danseuse.......
单词 prehend 释义 prehend, v.[ad. L. prehend-re to grasp, seize, catch, for earlier prhendre (Plaut.), f. pr, pre- + *handre, cognate with Gr. ά- to take in, hold. Somet......
单词 preheminence 释义 preheminence, -entobs. ff. pre-eminence, -eminent.{var l=document.getElementsByTagName("link");var r=/OED4.css$/;for(var i=l.length-1;i>=0;i--)with......
单词 pre-hemiplegic 释义 pre-hemiplegicsee pre- B. 1.{var l=document.getElementsByTagName("link");var r=/OED4.css$/;for(var i=l.length-1;i>=0;i--)with(l[i].href){var m=ma......
单词 prejacent 释义 prejacent, a. (n.)|pridesnt|[a. OF. prejacent (15th c. in Godef.), ad. L. prjacnt-em, pr. pple. of prjacre to lie in front, f. pr, pre- A. 4 + jacre t......
单词 prejudgement 释义 prejudgement, -judgment|priddmnt|[ad. obs. F. prejugement (Cotgr.): see pre- A. 2 and judgement.]The action or fact of prejudging; judgement before......
单词 prejudicacy 释义 † prejudicacy Obs.[f. prejudicate ppl. a.: see -acy.]Preconceived opinion, prepossession, prejudice.1636Sir H. Blount Voy. Levant 4 Mine owne eye, ......
单词 preheat 释义 preheat, v.[pre- A. 1.]trans. To heat prior to use or to some other treatment.1898Engineering Mag. XVI. 245 The gas is usually not preheated, but the ga......
单词 preharvest 释义 preharvest, a.[pre- B. 2.]Occurring before a crop is ready to be gathered.1934in Webster.1948New Biol. V. 62 Some varieties of apple, Beauty of Bath ......