| 释义 |
prem, n. and a.|prɛm|
[Abbrev. of premature a. or n.]
A. n. A premature baby.
B. adj. Premature; of or pertaining to premature babies.
1953Baker Australia Speaks vi. 142 Prem, a hospital term for a premature baby. 1960News Chron. 18 Mar. 8/6 Children's specialists are improving the outlook for ‘prems’—frail, under-developed babies, some born too soon. 1961News of World 23 Apr. 13 My last was three months prem. 1962G. Butler Coffin in Oxford ix. 126 Father Mahoney was standing..at the end of the corridor by the nursery and ‘prems’ block. 1963L. Diack Labrador Nurse xxix. 142 I've got a lovely prem. Four pounds. 1972R. Lewis Fool for Client ii. 44 My daughter..was took bad in the night and they think the baby is going to be a prem. 1976‘D. Halliday’ Dolly & Nanny Bird iii. 41 The last time I heard her whisper like that, the incubator lights had cut out in a prem ward. |