資料來源 : pyDict
先驅者,前導,先進者
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.
Evil thoughts are the invisible, airy precursors of all
the storms and tempests of the soul. --Buckminster.
Syn: Predecessor; forerunner; harbinger; messenger; omen;
sign.
資料來源 : WordNet®
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: {forerunner}]
3: an indication of the approach of something or someone [syn:
{harbinger}, {forerunner}, {herald}]