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释义 | previewn.ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > [noun] foreshowinga1050 foreknowingc1374 foreseeingc1374 fore-wit1377 before-knowingc1384 presciencec1384 fore-wittingc1386 presciencec1395 foresight14.. previdence?a1425 prevision?a1425 prenostication?a1450 precognitiona1500 before-witting1532 foreknowledge1535 fore-fetch1554 presciency1572 fore-wisdom1576 prenotion1588 presension1597 prospecta1616 presensation1653 prospiciency1681 prevoyance1767 onsight1838 preview1855 precog1954 1855 P. J. Bailey Mystic 6 The preview clear of prophet-bard. 2. a. A preliminary inspection or survey. Also: a foretaste, advance warning, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > [noun] > preview, foretaste arlesc1220 earnestc1225 forelook1357 foresight1422 foretaste1435 earnest pennya1438 before-tasting1526 prelibation1526 tasting1526 promise?1533 say1549 to-looka1572 handsel1573 assay1597 antepast1604 prefruitiona1631 cue1647 pregustation1656 pregustator1670 scene1691 tint1768 outlook1823 fore-view1831 preview1882 the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > pre- or post-examination > [noun] > previous examination pre-examination1638 preview1882 casing1928 prescreening1956 1882 F. Russell in Chicago Advance 13 Apr. 227 At the beginning of each quarter a pre-view of the lessons should be given to the Sabbath-schools. 1899 Lutheran (Philadelphia) 6 Apr. 321 The consecutive lessons..may furnish both review and preview as essential features. 1912 Englewood (Chicago) Times 27 Sept. 1/8 A pre-view of the Bible lesson for Sunday, October 6. 1938 Sun (Baltimore) 24 Jan. 6/3 His preview of the budget probabilities for the fiscal year now current. 1955 Radio Times 22 Apr. 42/2 (heading) Sport. Today's results and weekend pre-view. 1959 New Statesman 31 Jan. 136/3 Mr Dene..was to be given a pre-view of army life on a special advance visit to Winchester Barracks. 1990 Sciences Jan. 44/1 It was an alarming preview of the Big One—a monstrous shake-up seismologists predict for the Bay area. 2002 Independent 23 May (Review section) 14/4 That, surely, was Murcutt's first preview of Modernism, a flying fusion of form, function, simplicity and the latest materials. b. Occasionally prevue. An advance presentation of a film, play, book, exhibition, etc., before it is available to the public or before an official opening. Also: a trailer for a film or television programme. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > [noun] > a performance > preview preview1915 society > communication > manifestation > showing to the sight > exposure to public view > an exhibition > [noun] > preview preview1915 1915 Los Angeles Times 22 Oct. iii. 8/1 A pre-view of Dustin Farnum in his latest picture, ‘The Gentleman from Indiana’, shown at the Irish Theater last night, revealed the popular actor in a new type of part. 1928 L. North Parasites 84 He attended a preview of a picture made by a small independent group of players. 1931 Amer. Speech 7 74 Why should the word trailer be used to apply to a prevue of a motion picture? 1940 Times (Weekly ed.) 7 Aug. 17/3 A pre-view and mannequin parade of women's sportswear, coats, and costumes was held in London on Thursday. 1958 Photoplay Oct. 15 The first studio preview of Stage Struck. 1977 Rolling Stone 13 Jan. 22/5 They finally came to a preview theater to see the ‘Stairway to Heaven’ segment. 1992 N.Y. Times 15 Nov. ii. 6/1 I scooped up eight tickets for the first preview of ‘Oleanna’ and invited some friends. c. An image of a photograph, document, email, etc., that provides an opportunity to assess, adjust, or correct the content before it is finalized; a function on a camera, computer, etc., that provides this facility. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > showing to the sight > exposure to public view > an exhibition > [adjective] > relating to or suitable for show1573 exhibitional1882 showpiece1945 preview1954 1954 Syracuse (N.Y.) Post Standard 13 June 18/1 (advt.) Brilliant, big viewfinder gives you a bright preview of your finished picture before you take it! 1960 A. Murray Let. 14 June in R. Ellison & A. Murray Trading Twelves (2000) 228 I sent the camera back to NY... They repaired the collapsing element and replaced the flange ring on the body. They also installed the preview gismo. 1984 Petersen's Photogr. (Nexis) Dec. 13 Changes in focal length and aperture both alter the effect of masks, and therefore you'll want to make frequent use of your depth of field preview button. 1992 CU Amiga May (Suppl.)15/2 Clicking on preview lets you see a wire-frame version of your animation. 2005 Austral. PC World (Nexis) 1 Feb. 8 Gmail may offer 1GB of storage, thumbnail previews, POP access and be a sought-after Web mail service. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). previewv. 1. transitive. To foresee; (also) to view or examine in advance. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > foresee or foreknow [verb (transitive)] fore-witc888 foreseec1000 foreshowc1000 seea1200 forelook1340 purvey1340 before-knowa1425 providea1450 previdec1475 provisec1475 foreknow1530 expect1595 previse1597 preview1607 precognize1612 prospect1652 fore-viewa1711 prevision1868 presee1890 1607 J. Marston What you Will v. i. H iij b Preuiew but not preuent No mortall can the miseries of life. 1632 J. Vicars tr. Virgil XII Aeneids i. 24 That none preview, and so prevent our skill. 1852 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 5) 164 I cast my spirit sight Into the orient future, to preview The features of thy lifelot. 1902 ‘R. Connor’ Sky Pilot xiv Every act of importance had to be previewed from all possible points. 1930 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 40 354 A sophisticated modern judge would agree that in making up his mind he tries to preview the outcome of the selection of the particular alternatives before him. 1991 Intermedia Mar. 14/2 The Home Ministry continued to push the Ministry of Communications to preview broadcast content. 2. a. transitive. To show or present (a film, exhibition, etc.) in advance of an official opening, general release, publication, etc.; to publicize in advance; (gen.) to give a foretaste of. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > perform [verb (transitive)] > put on a performance > give preview preview1918 1918 Los Angeles Times 7 Nov. ii. 5/4 (headline) Chaplin film pre-viewed. 1923 H. Lloyd in N.Y. Times 16 Dec. x5/3 Make the situations funny. Preview them, and then pray for laughs. 1939 Sun (Baltimore) 26 Sept. 10/3 In some respects it promises to preview the World Series. 1951 Newsweek 27 Sept. 74/3 Euclid previewed a new line of vehicles which it is counting on to send its sales volume soaring. 1966 Listener 15 Sept. 397/1 The first edition,..which previewed the Commonwealth Conference, merits only subdued congratulation. 1977 New Yorker 6 June 108/1 His full-length opera ‘The Voyage of Edgar Allan Poe’, was ‘previewed’ in Minneapolis. 1994 Private Eye 8 Apr. 3/1 John Pilger's film ‘Death of a Nation’, about the fate of the East Timorese, was previewed before an invited audience. b. intransitive. Esp. of a film, play, etc.: to be shown in advance of an official opening, general release, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > perform [verb (intransitive)] > be previewed preview1958 1958 Washington Post 2 June a8 (advt.) The Taunus Combi Station Wagon and 2- and 4-door Sedans, Standard and Deluxe, are just now previewing at dealers near you. 1969 Times 25 Jan. 20/2 (advt.) Wyndham's. First night Feb. 11, 7.30. (Previewing at reduced prices—Feb. 5, 6, 7 and 10 at 8 Feb. & at 5.45 and 8.45). The Boys in the Band. 1978 Tucson (Arizona) Mag. Dec. 99/1 On the same afternoon, the TMA League's annual ‘Christmas Fair’ previews to members only. 1981 Times 26 Aug. 9/3 Two Gentlemen of Verona and Titus Andronicus, which start previewing tonight. 2004 Independent 2 Oct. (Mag.) 13/1 His new play, Finishing the Picture, began previewing on 21 September at the Goodman Theatre, Chicago. 3. transitive and intransitive. To view (a picture, document, etc.) with a preview facility or function prior to finalizing it. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > record [verb (transitive)] > use specific facility preview1957 fast forward1965 pause1973 freeze-frame1983 1957 Hammond (Indiana) Times 26 May b11/3 (advt.) 8 mm Mansfield Editing Set... For splicing, previewing and editing movie film. 1966 Science 25 Feb. 942/1 (advt.) Attachable to any microscope, this..camera measures illumination..and advances the film. Exposures..can be ‘previewed’. 1970 Jrnl. Soc. Motion Picture & Television Engineers 79 203 A time code recorded in the cue track of video tape recordings may be utilized..to control the operation of electronic editing equipment, to preview and make the edits. 1992 MacWorld June 197/3 The video-capture application allows you to preview an image and make adjustments to the brightness and color balance before you capture the frame to disk. 2002 Digit Oct. 77/2 Preview the page in a browser—note that when you click on a hotspot in the movie, the Web pages are called up. Derivatives ˈpreviewer n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > theatre-going > theatregoer > [noun] > first-nighter or previewer first-nighter1874 previewer1921 1921 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 6 Mar. W3/4 Paul Powell, Famous Players-Lasky director in the London studio, has completed his first picture there, Philip Oppenheim's ‘The Mystery Road’. It is pronounced a winner by previewers. 1931 Los Angeles Times 15 Oct. a9 One previewer remarked anent Hayes that her appearance is but another wallop at the ‘candy-faced heroine’ of the movies, who, this previewer declared, is ‘dying hard’. 1970 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 25 Sept. 12/5 Some of the previewers yesterday were the photographer's grandmother, Mrs. Arthur S. King, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Blackey, [etc.]. 2003 Independent 30 Jan. (Review section) 13/1 The Radio Times previewer described the scene where the husband talked in his sleep as ‘preposterous’. ˈpreviewing n. ΚΠ 1917 Los Angeles Times 29 Aug. ii. 3/3 A preview. That is rather a novel way of telling us that the first of the fall fashions have arrived and may be seen..at that exclusive store out Seventh street. Such previewing is available this week. 1991 Photographer Oct. 14/4 One Hour Studios in the USA use an RZ67 (and film!) with freeze-frame video synched to the shutter for previewing. ˈpreviewing adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > theatre-going > [adjective] > previewing previewing1922 1922 Los Angeles Times 5 Dec. ii. 8/1 Mrs. A. A. Hummel, motion-picture chairman of the entire federation, was enthusiastic in her plans to make the previewing board composed of club women a real help both to the public and to the industry. a1935 W. Lewin in Mod. Lang. Jrnl. (1935) 20 177 Educational previewing committees are looking forward to a year that will be notable from the standpoint of the classroom. 2003 Washington Times (Nexis) 19 Apr. d4 Previewing critics point out that Mr. Guest and company glossed over any political aspects of folk music. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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