| 单词 | preparative |
| 释义 | preparative (once / 46170 pages) adj WORD FAMILY preparative: preparatively+/preparation: preparations/preparatory: preparatorily/prepare: preparation, preparative, preparatory, prepared, prepares, preparing/prepared: preparedly, preparedness, unprepared/unprepared: unpreparedly USAGE EXAMPLESA laugh, if no argument, is a splendid preparative. Foote, G. W. (George William), Voltaire: A Sketch of his Life and...(2012) If I were to elongate my phiz by way of preparative for a sigh, she would split her little sides with laughing at me. Caruthers, William Alexander, The Kentuckian in New-York, Volume...(2011) Hence Dr. Watt infers that the smallpox is a kind of preparative for the measles, rendering the disease more mild. Walsh, James J. (James Joseph), Makers of Modern Medicine(2011) adj preceding and preparing for something Syn preparatory, propaedeutic preceding existing or coming before |
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