Forerunner
['fɔːrʌnə] or ['fɔr'rʌnɚ]
解釋/意思:
(n.) A messenger sent before to give notice of the approach of others; a harbinger; a sign foreshowing something; a prognostic; as, the forerunner of a fever.
(n.) A predecessor; an ancestor.
(n.) A piece of rag terminating the log line.
科林整理
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Precursor, harbinger, herald, foregoer, avant-courier.[2]. Prelude, prognostic, sign, omen.
安东尼編輯
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Predecessor, precursor, harbinger, herald, omen, Avant-courier
ANT:Successor, follower
校對:诺琳
例句/造句/用法:
- This toy in turn was the forerunner of the Zoetrope, or so-called Wheel of Life, which was introduced into this country about the year 1845. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- I do not think the sunny youth of either will prove the forerunner of stormy age. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- The historian of political forms may see in the town meeting a forerunner of direct legislation. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- It was a vile pseudo sentiment--the offspring or the forerunner of evil. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- The Emperor Frederick II, with his epistles to his fellow princes, was its forerunner. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The steam turbine is very much more efficient than its forerunner, the steam engine. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- They knew how to sweat, dry, and smoke the skins, and this crude seasoning process was the forerunner of modern tanning. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- That vision was the forerunner of the Addressograph. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- It will be the forerunner also of other interesting events: your sister's marriage, and your taking orders. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- It seemed like the forerunner of something absolutely serious, which she did not wish. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- So it also is in regard to the mimeograph, whose forerunner, the electric pen, was born of Edison's brain in 1877. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- In other words, he had found the forerunner of wireless telegraphy. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- These curious and interesting structures, which may be considered the forerunners of the gigantic iron Tubular Bridges of the present day, were burnt by the French in 1799. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- We incline to account for it by attributing congenital stupidity to our forerunners and by assuming superior native intelligence on our own part. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- Earliest Implements and Processes Forerunners of Modern Inventions. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
整理:蒂娜