prehistory

n. 史前学, 史前史, 历史背景 [法] 史前的, 史前考古学, 史前背景

发音

US

词形变化

prehistories 复数 prehistories

别名

pre-history

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The time before written records in any area of the world; the events and conditions of those times.

    史前

    史前时代

    史前史

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  2. 2.

    The study of those times.

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  3. 3.

    Any past time (even recent) treated as such a distant, unknowable era.

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  4. 4.

    The history leading up to some event, condition, etc.

    发展背景

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词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

period period of time time period

部分词 2

Ice Age glacial period

词源

From pre- (“before”) + history, first attested in the Foreign Quarterly Review in 1836, after the model of prehistoric, from French préhistorique.

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