| 释义 |
pre-ˈnuclear, a.
[pre- B. 1.]
1. Phonetics. That occurs before a nucleus.
1952W. Jassem Intonation of Conversational Eng. vi. 61 The distinctive feature of the prenuclear tunes is..the relation of the final tone of the tune to the initial tone of the following tune. 1961[see internuclear a. 3]. 1966J. E. Buse in C. E. Bazell In Memory of J. R. Firth 54 Of the four pre-nuclear classes, prepositions, determinatives and number particles are mutually exclusive with..the tense particles. 1976Archivum Linguisticum VII. 38 One feature both subclasses share is their insistence that any non-nuclear occurrence be in prenuclear position rather than in tail (postnuclear) position.
2. Preceding the development of nuclear weapons.
1960Guardian 14 Sept. 10/5 In the pre-nuclear age power was physical violence. 1965Economist 11 Dec. 1181/1 Mr Kosygin's attitude is frightening because it is so stunningly out of date. It is pre-nuclear, pre-coexistence. 1968Punch 10 Apr. 543/3 A strange, pre-nuclear atmosphere prevailed. |