| 单词 | postscript |
| 释义 | post- /pōst-/prefix
ORIGIN: L post after, behind post-bellˈum adjective After the war postcava /-kāˈvə/ noun (anatomy) The inferior vena cava, the vein carrying blood from the lower limbs and abdomen post-communˈion noun The part of the Eucharistic office after the act of communion adjectiveSucceeding communion post-consumˈer adjective (of a consumer product) used and available for recycling postdateˈ transitive verb
post-diluˈvial adjective
post-diluˈvian noun and adjective postˈdoc noun (informal) (a person engaged in) postdoctoral research postdocˈtoral adjective Relating to academic work carried out after obtaining a doctorate post-echˈo noun (pl post-echˈoes) (sound recording) The unwanted effect of a faint repetition heard just after the actual sound on a tape recording, caused by the transfer of material between surfaces of the wound tape (see also pre-echo) postˈ-entry noun
post-exilˈian or post-exilˈic adjective After the time of the Babylonian captivity of the Jews postˈ-existence noun Existence in a subsequent life postˈface noun Something added by way of a concluding note at the end of a written work, opp to preface (rare) postfemˈinism noun A movement that regards the main principles of feminism as either achieved or misguided and seeks a new programme postfemˈinist noun and adjective postˈfix noun A suffix (postfix notation a form of algebraic notation where the operator follows the operands) transitive verb /-fiksˈ/
post-formˈing adjective see post-forming sheet under sheet1 post-glāˈcial adjective Occurring or formed after a glacial period nounA post-glacial period or deposit of material postgradˈuate or (informal) postgrad noun A student studying or researching for an advanced qualification after obtaining a first university degree adjectiveRelating to such students or their work post-hypnotˈic adjective (post-hypnotic suggestion a suggestion made to a hypnotized subject, who does not act upon it until some time after emerging from the hypnotic trance) Post-Impressˈionism noun (also without caps) a movement in painting succeeding Impressionism, at the end of the 19c, van Gogh, Gauguin, Matisse and Cézanne being among its exponents and its aim being subjective interpretation of things, as distinct from the objective representation typical of Impressionism Post-Impressˈionist noun and adjective postindusˈtrial adjective (of a society, economy, etc) no longer dependent on heavy industry post-linˈgual adjective Subsequent to the acquisition of language (post-lingually deafened having lost one's hearing, as distinct from being deaf since birth; see also prelingual) postˈlude noun (music) A concluding movement or voluntary, opp to prelude postmeridˈian adjective Belonging to the afternoon or evening, the time of day after the sun has crossed the meridian post-millenāˈrian noun A believer in post-millennialism post-millennˈial adjective post-millennˈialism noun The doctrine that the Second Advent will follow the millennium post-millennˈialist noun post-modˈern adjective post-modˈernism noun
post-modˈernist adjective and noun post-morˈtem adjective (L mortem, accusative of mors, mortis death) after death (as adv phrase, post mortem) noun
postnaˈtal adjective Relating to or typical of the period after birth postnāˈtī (or /-näˈtē/) plural noun Those born after the event (understood as being) referred to (cf antenati under antenatal) post-Niˈcene adjective After the Nicene council post-nupˈtial noun After marriage post-obit /-obˈit or -ōbˈit/ noun (L obitum, accusative of obitus death) taking effect after someone's death nounA borrower's bond securing payment on the death of someone from whom he or she has expectations post-opˈerative adjective Relating to the period just after a surgical operation (often shortened to postˈ-op) post-orbˈital adjective Behind the eye or eye socket postparˈtum or post-parˈtum adjective After childbirth postposeˈ transitive verb (grammar) To place after in the syntax of a sentence, etc postposiˈtion noun
postposiˈtional adjective postposiˈtionally adverb postposˈitive adjective (grammar) Used in postposition postposˈitively adverb postpranˈdial adjective (L prandium a repast) following a meal, esp dinner post-producˈtion noun (cinematography, TV) The work of editing and dubbing a film that follows the shooting of it postscēˈnium noun The part of the stage behind the scenery postˈscript noun
post-strucˈturalism noun A revision of the structuralist (qv under structure) view of literature, holding that language has no objectively identifiable or absolute meaning, and that therefore texts allow of any number of interpretations post-strucˈturalist noun and adjective post-synchronizāˈtion or post-synchronisāˈtion noun (cinematography) The process of recording and adding a soundtrack to a film after it has been shot (informal short forms post-synchˈ and post-synchˈing) post-synchˈronize or post-synchˈronise transitive verb post-tenˈsion transitive verb To stretch the reinforcing wires or rods in (pre-stressed concrete) after the concrete is set post-tenˈsioned adjective Post-Terˈtiary adjective (geology) Later than Tertiary, ie Pleistocene and Holocene (also noun) post-traumatˈic adjective (post-traumatic stress disorder the mental stress that can follow a traumatic experience, characterized by flashbacks, nightmares, anxiety, etc) post-vinˈtage adjective (post-vintage thoroughbred see under thorough) postviˈral adjective (postviral syndrome a condition, following a viral infection, characterized by periodic fatigue, diminished concentration, depression, dizziness, etc. See also myalgic encephalomyelitis under myalgia) post-vocalˈic adjective (phonetics) After a vowel post-warˈ adjective (post-war credit a portion of income tax credited to an individual for repayment after World War II) Some words formed with the prefix post-; the numbers in brackets refer to the numbered senses in the entry for post- postclassˈical (classical) adj (1) postcoˈital (coital) adj (1) postconsonanˈtal (consonantal) adj (1) postmenopauˈsal (menopausal) adj (1) postmenˈstrual (menstrual) adj (1) postnaˈsal (nasal) adj (2) postocˈular (ocular) adj (2) postoˈral (oral) adj (2) post-priˈmary (primary) adj (1) post-Reformaˈtion adj (1) postsurˈgical (surgical) adj (1) postˈ-tax (tax) adj (1) |
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