英语词汇“preprandial”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adj

Anything preprandial happens before eating a meal. If you find yourself starving after school, you might have a preprandial snack to tide you over until dinner.

Preprandial adds the "before" prefix, pre- to the Latin root prandium, "luncheon," or "a meal." It's not a very common adjective these days, and you're most likely to hear it used in a joking manner, or possibly in a doctor's instructions. A preprandial dose of medicine, for example, is supposed to be taken right before you eat. And you might be happy to see the preprandial bread basket a waiter brings before taking your order.

WORD FAMILY

prandial: postprandial, prandially, preprandial+/postprandial: postprandially

USAGE EXAMPLES

But it’s easily converted to a more preprandial version by decreasing the amount of port and pear liqueur to ¼ ounce each.

Seattle Times(Jul 28, 2016)

Would you come over to our very cozy little room and have a cup of tea or a preprandial cocktail?

Los Angeles Times(Nov 24, 2015)

Note well: Playboy advises this as a preprandial beverage: “Serve before a dinner of roast pheasant or partridge.”

Slate(Dec 10, 2013)

adj preceding a meal (especially dinner)

a preprandial drink

Ant

postprandial

following a meal (especially dinner)

单词	preprandial
释义	preprandial (once / 984943 pages) adj Anything preprandial happens before eating a meal. If you find yourself starving after school, you might have a preprandial snack to tide you over until dinner. Preprandial adds the "before" prefix, pre- to the Latin root prandium, "luncheon," or "a meal." It's not a very common adjective these days, and you're most likely to hear it used in a joking manner, or possibly in a doctor's instructions. A preprandial dose of medicine, for example, is supposed to be taken right before you eat. And you might be happy to see the preprandial bread basket a waiter brings before taking your order. WORD FAMILY prandial: postprandial, prandially, preprandial+/postprandial: postprandially USAGE EXAMPLES But it’s easily converted to a more preprandial version by decreasing the amount of port and pear liqueur to ¼ ounce each. Seattle Times(Jul 28, 2016) Would you come over to our very cozy little room and have a cup of tea or a preprandial cocktail? Los Angeles Times(Nov 24, 2015) Note well: Playboy advises this as a preprandial beverage: “Serve before a dinner of roast pheasant or partridge.” Slate(Dec 10, 2013) adj preceding a meal (especially dinner) a preprandial drink Ant postprandial following a meal (especially dinner)
随便看	alphabetization alphabetize alphabetized alphabetizer alphabet soup alpha-blocker alpha blocker alpha brass alpha bronze Alpha Centauri Alpha Crucis alpha decay alpha fetoprotein alpha foetoprotein Alpha Geminorum alpha globulin alpha-interferon alpha iron alpha-linolenic acid alpha-lipoprotein alphameric alphamerical alpha methyl dopa alpha-naphthol alpha-naphthol test