单词 pre-operate 释义 pre-operate, v. rare.[pre- A. 1.]intr. To operate or work before or in front.1658Bp. Reynolds Van. Creature Wks. (1677) 46 Grace must prevent, follow, assist us, pre-operate and co-operate.{var l=document.getElementsByTagName("link"...
单词 pre-omosternum 释义 pre-omosternum, -omosternalsee pre- A. 4.{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);if(m&&l[i].id=="oedv4"){document.write('');break;}}}OED4(); 英...
单词 preoccupation 释义 preoccupation|prikjpen|[ad. L. proccuptin-em, n. of action from proccupre: see prec. So F. proccupation (15th c. in Godef. Compl.).]The action of preoccupying.†1. The meeting of objections beforehand. In Rhet. A figure of speech...
单词 preoccupying 释义 preoccupying, ppl. a.[f. prec. + -ing2.]That preoccupies (in various senses of the vb.).1642Milton Apol. Smect. Wks. 1851 III. 259 So little can he suffer a man to measure..what is short or what tedious without his preoccupying dir...
单词 preoccupied 释义 preoccupied, ppl. a.|prikjpad|[f. preoccupy v. + -ed1.]Occupied previously. a. Absorbed in thought, abstracted. b. Zool. and Bot. Of a name: already occupied or used for something else.1842Rep. Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sci. 113 The genus o...
单词 preoccupative 释义 preoccupative, a. rare.[f. as preoccupate v. + -ive.]Characterized by preoccupying. Hence preoccupatively adv.1860Sala Looking at Life 147 Mercy allows the present necessity to overshadow and pre-occupatively overcome the continge...