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单词 prep
释义 prep
I. \ˈprep\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: short for preparation
1. Britain
 a. : preparation of study assignments : homework
  < I may stay for three-quarters of an hour, and then I must go and do my prep — Archibald Marshall >
 b. : a specific time or place set aside for study
  < supposed to superintend tea and evening prep — H.G.Wells >
  < collected their books and went into prep — Hugh MacLennan >
2. [short for preparatory (I) ]
 a. : preparatory school
 b. : a preparatory school student
3. : the act or an instance of preparing a patient for a surgical operation
 < the floor nurse had three preps to do >
4. horse racing : a trial run
II. verb
(prepped ; prepped ; prepping ; preps)
intransitive verb
1. : to attend preparatory school
 < the place where he prepped for college >
2. : to engage in preparatory study or training
 < entered medical school to prep for the study of psychiatry — Gilbert McKean >
 < prepped for his new post abroad >
transitive verb
1. : to prepare for an examination, assignment, or course of study
 < youths of higher mental caliber but not as well preppedNewsweek >
2. : to prepare for a surgical operation
 < an orderly came in to prep him for the appendectomy >
III. abbreviation
1. preparation; preparatory; prepare
2. preposition
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