forerunner
forerunner 英 [ˈfɔ:rʌnə(r)] 美 [ˈfɔrˌrʌnɚ, ˈfor-]
n. 先驱；先驱者；预兆
名词复数:forerunners
- A forerunner is someone or something that came before and paved the way for something today. Rotary phones were forerunners of today's complex cell phones.
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- n. 先驱；先驱者；预兆
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1. The Garmin forerunner 410 looks like a regular watch.
佳明先驱410看上去就像一个普通的手表。
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2. Clay’s boastful rhymes, composed spontaneously, defined him as a forerunner of rap music.
克莱随意编出充满自夸的言辞，可以说他是饶舌音乐的先驱。
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3. The engine would have used loops of Jacquard’s punched cards to control a mechanical calculator — the forerunner of today’s methods of computer programming.
这种分析机本来会用成串的雅卡尔打孔卡控制一只机械计算器——今日计算机编程法的先驱。
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