单词 | preboard |
释义 | preboard in British English (priːˈbɔːd) verb 1. to (allow to) board a plane before other passengers 2. (transitive) to set the shape of (a garment, esp stockings) using heat, so that it will not lose its shape during washing preboard in American English (priˈbɔrd, -ˈbourd) transitive verb 1. to put or allow to go aboard in advance of the usual time or before others Handicapped passengers will be preboarded intransitive verb 2. to go aboard in advance Word origin [pre- + board]pre- is a prefix occurring originally in loanwords from Latin, where it meant “before”(preclude; prevent); applied freely as a prefix, with the meanings “prior to,” “in advance of,” “early,”“beforehand,” “before,” “in front of,” and with other figurative meanings (preschool; prewar; prepay: preoral; prefrontal) |
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