单词 | postatomic |
释义 | postatomic in British English (ˌpəʊstəˈtɒmɪk) adjective occurring after the invention or dropping of the atomic bomb postatomic in American English (ˌpoustəˈtɑmɪk) adjective existing since or subsequent to the explosion of the first atomic bomb or the invention of atomic weapons the political tensions of the postatomic world Word origin [post- + atomic]post- is a prefix, meaning “behind,” “after,” “later,” “subsequent to,” “posterior to,”occurring originally in loanwords from Latin (postscript), but now used freely in the formation of compound words (post-Elizabethan; postfix; postgraduate; postorbital) |
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