单词 | preowned |
释义 | preowned in British English (ˌpriːˈəʊnd) adjective euphemistic already used; second-hand preowned in American English (priˈound) adjective previously owned; used; secondhand a sale of preowned furs Also: pre-owned Word origin [1960–65; pre- + own + -ed2]This word is first recorded in the period 1960–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: bicycle kick, deinstitutionalize, power play, proxemics, tag question-ed is a suffix forming the past participle of weak verbs (he had crossed the river), and of participial adjectives indicating a condition or quality resulting fromthe action of the verb (inflated balloons). Other words that use the affix -ed include: classified, connected, frosted, unattended, unsettledExamples of 'preowned' in a sentence |
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