| 释义 |
priscan, a. rare.|ˈprɪskən|
[f. L. prisc-us old + -an.]
Ancient, primitive, of early times.
1877Rolleston Brit. Barrows 742 A pack of wild dogs co-operating with priscan men in driving a herd of wild cattle..along a track in which a pitfall had been dug. 1880Dawkins Early Man vi. 173 The wide area occupied by this priscan population. 1881Smithsonian Rep. 506 We seem to hear..the echoes of our own priscan history. |