prehistory

Word family  noun historian history prehistory adjective historic prehistoric historical adverb historically

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pre·his·to·ry /priːˈhɪstəri/ noun [uncountable]  SHthe time in history before anything was written down 史前时期

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prehistory• The museum's permanent exhibition is basically an educational trot through London's history from prehistory to the present day.• What must the car dealer have made of this client, a man from prehistory come to buy an automobile?• Genes also hint at its prehistory.• This is the very last incident of prehistory in the Bible.• From the earliest observable stage of prehistory, the tendency had always been toward differentiation.• We can ascertain that deer has been eaten by man since prehistory.• The prehistory of that good, however, remains clouded to us in obscurity.

pre·his·to·ry nounChineseSyllable  

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prehistory
pre‧his‧to‧ry /priːˈhɪstəri/ noun [uncountable]the time in history before anything was written down

pre·his·toryBrE /ˌpriːˈhɪstri/ 🔊NAmE /ˌpriːˈhɪstri/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] the period of time in history before information was written down 史前时期；远古时期 [singular] the earliest stages of the development of sth （事物发展的）初期，开始阶段，萌芽时期◆the prehistory of capitalism资本主义发展的初期