[さんしん;さんせん, sanshin ; sansen] (n) (1) (さんしん only) (See 三味線) Okinawan traditional three-stringed instrument; precursor to the shamisen; (2) (さんせん only) shamisen [Add to Longdo]
[ぜんく;せんぐ(ok);ぜんぐ(ok), zenku ; sengu (ok); zengu (ok)] (n, vs, adj-no) (1) outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); outriding; (2) harbinger; herald; precursor; forerunner; foretoken; (3) anticipation [Add to Longdo]
[じしんぜんちょうげんしょう, jishinzenchougenshou] (n) earthquake precursor[Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (3 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Precursor \Pre*cur"sor\, n. [L. praecursor, fr. praecurrere to
run before; prae before + currere to run. See {Course}.]
One who, or that which, precedes an event, and indicates its
approach; a forerunner; a harbinger.
[1913 Webster]
Evil thoughts are the invisible, airy precursors of all
the storms and tempests of the soul. --Buckminster.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Predecessor; forerunner; harbinger; messenger; omen;
sign.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
precursor
n 1: a substance from which another substance is formed
(especially by a metabolic reaction)
2: a person who goes before or announces the coming of another
[syn: {precursor}, {forerunner}]
3: something that precedes and indicates the approach of
something or someone [syn: {harbinger}, {forerunner},
{predecessor}, {herald}, {precursor}]
From Portuguese-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 [fd-por-eng]:
precursor
pioneer
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
