prehistoric
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++pre·his·tor·ic /ˌpriːhɪˈstɒrɪk◂ $ -ˈstɔː-, -ˈstɑː-/ adjective 1 SHrelating to the time in history before anything was written down 史前的，有历史记载以前的 prehistoric burial grounds 史前墓地 prehistoric animals 史前动物2 OLD-FASHIONEDvery old-fashioned – used humorously 非常陈旧的，老掉牙的〔幽默用法〕 a prehistoric attitude towards women 对待女性的过时看法Examples from the Corpus
prehistoric• Frazer writes about the ceremonial king of so many prehistoric agricultural societies.• What can we learn from twenty prehistoric burial chambers, which we call cists, and which have been uncovered up to now?• prehistoric cave drawings• They have looked upon the bones of the prehistoric dead and seen evidence of a Stone Age holocaust.• There are some ruins down there and some prehistoric engravings in the rock faces.• A number of authoritative scholars seriously question the propriety of interpreting prehistoric remains by reference to the customs of modern primitive peoples.• There is at least one other prehistoric ridgeway on sheet 145.pre·his·tor·ic adjectiveChineseSyllable
history anything relating before was time to written in the down Corpus
prehistoric
pre‧his‧tor‧ic /ˌpriːhɪˈstɒrɪk◂ $ -ˈstɔː-, -ˈstɑː-/
adjective
prehistoric burial grounds
prehistoric animals
2. very old-fashioned – used humorously:
a prehistoric attitude towards women
pre‧his‧tor‧ic /ˌpriːhɪˈstɒrɪk◂ $ -ˈstɔː-, -ˈstɑː-/
adjective Word Family: noun: historian, history, prehistory; adjective: historic, prehistoric, historical; adverb: historically
1. relating to the time in history before anything was written down: 2. very old-fashioned – used humorously: