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predate

过去式: predated 过去分词: predated 现在分词: predating 第三人称单数: predates

predate基本解释

v.在日期上早于

predate反义词

predate同义词

predate相关例句

用作动词(v.)
  • The custom of the wedding veil should predate wedding dress by centries.
    婚纱的习俗要比婚服早几个世纪。

predate英英释义

Verb:
  • be earlier in time; go back further;

    "Stone tools precede bronze tools"

  • come before;

    "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify"

  • prey on or hunt for;

    "These mammals predate certain eggs"

  • establish something as being earlier relative to something else