单词 pregnable 释义 pregnable, a.|prgnb()l|Forms: 5–7 prenable, 6 prenn-, prein-, preign-, preygn-, prign-, 7 prgn-, 6– pregnable.[Late ME. prenable, a. F. prenable (12......
单词 pregnada 释义 ‖ pregnada Obs.|preada|[Sp. preada big with child.]A variety of lemon: see quots.a1691Boyle Hist. Air (1692) 178 There are [in Teneriffe] oranges and ......
单词 prehnite 释义 prehnite Min.|prnat|[ad. G. prehnit (Werner 1789), f. the name of Colonel von Prehn, who brought it from the Cape of Good Hope: see -ite1 2 b.]A hydrou......
单词 pre-ignition 释义 pre-ignition[pre- A. 2.]Ignition of the fuel and air mixture in an internal-combustion engine before the passage of the spark.1898A. G. Elliott Gas......
单词 preimage 释义 preimage Math.|primd|[pre- A. 2.]= inverse image s.v. image n. 8.1949F. Blum tr. B. L. Van der Waerden's Mod. Algebra I. i. 3 The element (a) is called......
单词 premedicant 释义 premedicant[pre- A. 2.]A drug given as premedication. Also attrib.1960Proc. R. Soc. Med. LIII. 673/1 The sister in charge administered the premedica......
单词 pre-glacial 释义 pre-glacial, a. Geol.|prigle()l|[pre- B. 1 b.]Existing or occurring previous to the glacial period. Hence preglacially adv.1855,1863[see post-glacia......
单词 preglottalized 释义 preglottalized, ppl. a. Phonetics.[pre- A. 1.]Preceded by a glottalized sound. Hence preglottalization.1964E. J. A. Henderson in D. Abercrombie e......
单词 preignable 释义 preignable, -antobs. ff. pregnable, pregnant.{var l=document.getElementsByTagName("link");var r=/OED4.css$/;for(var i=l.length-1;i>=0;i--)with(l[i].h......
单词 premedical 释义 premedical, a. (n.) Chiefly U.S.[pre- B. 1.]Of, pertaining to, or designating subjects studied in preparation for a medical course. Also ellipt., a p......