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单词 preambulation
释义 preambulation|prɪæmbjʊˈleɪʃən|
[Noun of action from prec.: see -ation.]
1. The making of a preamble; a preamble, preface.
c1386Chaucer Wife's Prol. 837 Now dame quod he... This is a long preamble of a tale..What spekestow of preambulacioun [MSS. Harl. 7334, Camb. perambulacioun].1623Cockeram 11, The first Speech of any thing, exordium, preambulation.1768F. Burney Early Diary 27 Mar., And now I have done with preambulation.1805Emily Clark Banks of Douro III. 69 Introduced the subject..after a long preambulation.
2. ‘A walking or going before’. rare—0.
1828in Webster; hence in later Dicts.
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