| 释义 |
▪ I. foretype, n.|ˈfɔətaɪp|
[f. fore- prefix + type n.]
= antetype.
1848Lytton Harold xi. vi, Rough foretype of the coming crusader. 1864A. Leighton in Reader 23 July 97/2, I have seen their foretypes in the head of J. N. a hundred times.
▪ II. foretype, v. rare.|fɔəˈtaɪp|
[f. prec. n.]
trans. To be a foretype of; to prefigure.
a1618Sylvester Maidens Blush 409 A Day full oft to be fore-typ't..by Prophets manifold. 1839Bailey Festus (1848) 32/2 O Thou..Whom all the faiths, and creeds, and rites of old..Foreshadowed and foretyped. |