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forerunner

美音:[´fɔ:´rʌnə ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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n.先驱(者),传令官,预兆

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/'fɔ:rʌnə(r); `fɔr,rʌnɚ/
n person or thing that prepares the way for the coming of sb or sth else more important; sign of what is to follow 先驱者; 开路人; 先兆
*the forerunners of the modern diesel engine 现代柴油机的前身.

forerunner


n[C]
someone or something that existed before something similar that developed or came later
forerunner of
 Babbage's engine was later seen as the forerunner of the modern computer.
a sign or warning that something is going to happen
1. Dr. Sun Yat-sen was the forerunner of the Chinese revolution.
    孙中山先生是中国革命的先行者。

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