predate
英 [pri?'de?t]
美[pri'det]
- vt. 在日期上早于（先于）
英英釋意
- 1. be earlier in time; go back further;
- "Stone tools precede bronze tools"
- 2. come before;
- "Most English adjectives precede the noun they modify"
- 3. prey on or hunt for;
- "These mammals predate certain eggs"
- 4. establish something as being earlier relative to something else