单词 | pre-describe |
释义 | > as lemmaspre-describe pre-describe v. Brit. , U.S. , ΚΠ 1663 E. Waterhouse Fortescutus Illustratus l. 554 Expensive not onely as to the quantity predescribed..but also further in Donaries of Rings which they are to give. 1766 J. Bate Rationale Literal Doctr. Orig. Sin xiv. 318 The principal one, was, to typify and predescribe the Christian Oeconomy. 1936 Sun (Baltimore) 8 June 2/8 Mr. Ickes predescribed the Cleveland convention as the scene of ‘a supreme effort on the part of a political mouse’. 2001 Washington Post (Nexis) 5 Aug. g.2 It's very important not to pre-describe a piece in my own head. If I do that, I'm terrified of killing it. < as lemmas |
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