pre-electric如何读

pre·​elec·​tricˌprē-i-ˈlek-trik -ē-

pre-electric英英释义

adjective

of or like that of a time before the human use of electricity a preelectric sewing machine One [solar storm] on the order of the 1859 event could take out the entire grid, sending hundreds of millions of people back to a preelectric way of life …—Timothy Ferris

the preelectric era/world

pre-electric词源中文解释

"发生或与使用电力之前的时间有关"，出自1879年，由 pre- 和 electric 组成。

Just as her father was thus summoned away, Lotty saw Fred in the distance, waving his arms, and looking like an animated semaphore of the pre-electric epoch. [Arthur Locker, "Tollit's Tragedy," in The Graphic, summer 1879]
正当她的父亲被召唤离开时，洛蒂看到弗雷德在远处挥舞着双臂，看起来像一个活生生的、属于电力之前时代的信号灯。[亚瑟·洛克，《图形报》，1879年夏季]

pre-electric词源英文解释

The first known use of preelectric was in 1901

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