forerunner

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n. 先驱, 前兆

发音

US

词形变化

forerunners 复数 forerunners

别名

fore-runner

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A runner at the front or ahead.

  2. 2.

    By extension, a non-competitor who leads out the competitors on to the circuit, or who runs/rides the course prior to competitor trials, usually testing or checking the way.

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  3. 3.

    A precursor or harbinger, a warning ahead.

  4. 4.

    A forebear, an ancestor, a predecessor.

    Bakelite is a forerunner of today's plastics.

  5. 5.

    A postage stamp used in the time before a region or area issues stamps of its own.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

herald predecessor harbinger precursor antecedent

上位词 5

actor worker indication doer indicant

下位词 1

predecessor

词源

From Middle English forrenner, foreriner. Calque of Latin praecursor (“one who runs before, a forerunner”). Equivalent to fore- + runner and/or forerun + -er.

来源：wiktionary