| 释义 |
prewarn, v. rare.|priːˈwɔːn|
[pre- A. 1.]
trans. a. To give warning of (an event) beforehand. b. To warn (a person) beforehand; to forewarn. Hence preˈwarning vbl. n.
1603H. Crosse Vertues Commw. (1878) 31 Deseruing either prewarning in the beginning, or reproofe in the ende. 1612Two Noble K. v. i, [Whose approach] Comets prewarne; whose havocke in vaste feild Unearthed skulls proclaime. 1881A. J. Duffield Don Quix. II. xxxvii. 184, I am prewarned..of this my squire that your greatness is overthrown. |