| 释义 |
pre-eˈxisting, ppl. a.
[f. pre- A. 1 + existing ppl. a.]
That pre-exists, pre-existent.
1599T. M[oufet] Silkwormes 26 Now what are seedes and egges of wormes or foule But recrements of preexisting things. 1660Jer. Taylor Duct. Dubit. ii. iii. rule 14 §9 (1676) 363 Whether all things were made of præexisting matter. 1717Prior Alma ii. 371 Our pre-existing station Before this vile terrene creation. 1871Hartwig Subterr. W. i. 2 Each of these sedimentary formations owes its existence to the disintegration of pre-existing mountain masses. |