prehistory

英 [ˌpriːˈhɪstri]

美 [ˌpriːˈhɪstri]

n.  史前时期; 远古时期; (事物发展的)初期，开始阶段，萌芽时期

法律

BNC.22778 / COCA.20302

牛津词典

noun

• 史前时期；远古时期
  the period of time in history before information was written down
• （事物发展的）初期，开始阶段，萌芽时期
  the earliest stages of the development of sth
  1. the prehistory of capitalism
     资本主义发展的初期

柯林斯词典

• 史前历史；史前时期；远古时期
  Prehistoryis the time in history before any information was written down.

英英释义

noun

• the time during the development of human culture before the appearance of the written word
  Synonym:prehistoric culture

双语例句

• Prehistory was strongly patriarchal.
  史前时期是父系氏族。
• It is as if evolutionary biologists had been handed a time machine, allowing them to travel back into prehistory and take pictures of the animals and plants inhabiting the earth at a series of different epochs.
  这就好比演化生物学家拿到了时光机器，可以回到史前时期，拍摄地球上各个年代的动植物。
• And exerting a brief explaining on the development of prehistory in the basic thought of the view of nonlinear historic development.
  在分析了传统的摩尔根模式与新积累的科学知识的矛盾后，提出了非线型历史发展观的基本思想，并运用这种思想对原始社会的发展过程做了简要的说明。
• In this paper, a brief history of the history of science, Which is divided into three periods& that of the prehistory, of the establishment and the present development, is given.
  本文把科学史学史分为科学史前史、科学史学科的确立以及当代科学史的发展三个阶段，概述了不同时期科学史研究的特点和状况。
• Exhibit the culture of the people of Western Kenya, prehistory, and natural history.
  陈列肯亚西部文化、史前史和自然史。
• A place of worship that has its own altar. The altar, as in prehistory, is anywhere you kneel.
  用作个人礼拜的有祭坛的礼拜堂。如同在史前，你膜拜的地方就是祭堂。
• All human languages go back to the dim uncertainty of prehistory, and at present we have no way of knowing for sure whether or not they can all be traced back to the same root.//
  人类所有的语言都可追溯到朦胧的史前时期，但目前我们还无法确定这些语言是否都同宗同源。
• The most of crown forms wear by the prehistory jade figures in China are rail crown.
  考古所见我国史前玉人的冠式多为纵梁冠。
• 2600. The cultural communication between the southern region of Liaodong Peninsula and Shandong Peninsula both promoted the formation of prehistory cultural features and profoundly influenced the historical period.
  辽东半岛南部地区与山东半岛地区的文化交流不仅促进了该地史前文化的形成，而且对历史时期也产生了深远的影响。
• Tomorrow, we'll continue with the second part of prehistory.
  明天，我们继续学习史前历史的第二部分。