| 词汇 | predating |
| 释义 | predating present participle ofpredate predate verb[ T ] uk /ˌpriːˈdeɪt/ us /ˌpriːˈdeɪt/ predateverb[T] (BE BEFORE)to have existed or happened before another thing: 早于…存在（或发生） These cave paintings predate any others which are known.这些洞穴绘画早于其他任何已知的同类绘画。 Compare backdate postdate(HAPPEN AFTER) Preceding and introducing announce antedate beat build (someone/something) up countdown curtain-raiser emcee forerunner introduction introductory lead lead up to something lead-in open the door to somethingidiom preliminarily preliminary prelude reintroduce review run something up predate verb[ I or T ] biology specializeduk /prɪˈdeɪt/ us /prɪˈdeɪt/ predateverb[I or T] (KILL)to kill and eat another animal: （动物）掠食，捕食 Some species of bat predate small mammals.某些种类的蝙蝠捕食小型哺乳动物。 Possums will predate on baby birds and eggs.负鼠掠食小鸟的鸟蛋。 See also predator predation Plants & animals - general words animal kingdom anti-parasitic autotroph biota biped esculent family fauna flora flora and fauna natively non-mammalian non-placental omnivore omnivorous secondary consumer songster terrestrially undomesticated unparasitized You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Eating Examples of predatingpredating In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. For instance, all studies of climate predating instrumental and written records use indirect indices of climate that have limits on accuracy and completeness of coverage. First, culture may be an ancestral state predating the cetacean split from their terrestrial ancestors. A sharp and significant decline in age at diagnosis was found, predating echocardiography. It contains no fewer than 522 items predating 1600. None of the birds ever predated the seeds, however, both species of squirrel rarely dropped the fruits without predating the seeds. Squirrels were responsible for dropping and/or predating 11.4% of seeds. It is suggested that mice may also affect the island's ecology by predating on seabird chicks. Specific issues of one or both parents predating the birth of the infant may have 'sensitised' them. The most reliable symptom complex predating mania is depression. More pertinently in this situation, by predating language and social structure, dance emerges as the true and free expression of humanity. Epidemiological studies dealing with congenital heart disease and predating echocardiography were hampered by the lack of a non-invasive diagnostic technique and the attendant risk of existing invasive techniques12. Additional criteria included a date of birth predating the 20th century by as much time as possible, to enable the greatest time depth for real-time analysis. In particular, purely spatial turnover in species composition across sites, as well as environmental variables indicative of spatial habitat heterogeneity predating fragmentation events, are frequently neglected. They are predating heavily on all our inland fisheries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am sure that there was evidence predating that survey. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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