of, relating to, or denoting the period before written records (与)有文字记载历史以前(有关)的,(与)史前(有关)的 prehistoric man. 史前人类。 ■(informal)very old, primitive, or out of date (非正式)老旧不堪的;原始的;过时的 my dad's electric typewriter was a prehistoric machine. 我爸的电动打字机简直是台老古董。
派生 prehistorian noun prehistorically adverb 语源
mid 19th cent.: from French préhistorique (see pre-, historic)