单词	predate
释义	predate1 /priːˈdeɪt / verb [with object] Exist or occur at a date earlier than (something): here parish boundaries seem clearly to predate Roman roads... Prosecutors said the committee had approved applicants who presented forged honours that carried dates pre-dating the actual creation of the vaunted title. The show had well passed its sell by date (it pre-dated Showboat on Broadway, where it opened the Ziegfeld Theatre). More surprisingly, much of the modern church and adjacent holy well sit on underground cisterns that clearly pre-date them, and appear to be of Byzantine date. predate2 /priːˈdeɪt / verb [with object] (Of an animal) act as a predator of; catch and eat (prey).A further 13 % were predated or scavenged during the shooting season (some of which may have been shot but not picked up). Origin 1940s: back-formation from predation.
随便看	nostril fly nostrility nostrilled no strings no strings attached nostro account nostrum nostrum-monger no such luck no sweat nosy nosy park nosy parker nosy parkerdom nosy parkering nosy parkerishness nosy parkerism nosy parkery not nota bene notabilia notability not a bit not a bit of it notable

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