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单词 afore
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Definition of afore in English:

afore

preposition əˈfɔːəˈfɔr
dialect, archaic
  • Before.

    〈古或方〉在…之前

    he died the day afore yesterday
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Rebecca, did the dinosaurs come afore man, or at the same time?
    • Shouldn't be long afore we find out who she is.
    • The stream is murky and my eyes are not so keen as they were ages afore.
    • It's all been done before by Nature or those who came afore.
    • A human being's evident fear is that he should die afore his time.

Origin

Old English onforan (see a-2, fore).

Rhymes

abhor, adore, anymore, ashore, awe, bandore, Bangalore, before, boar, Boer, bore, caw, chore, claw, cocksure, comprador, cor, core, corps, craw, Delors, deplore, door, draw, drawer, evermore, explore, flaw, floor, for, forbore, fore, foresaw, forevermore, forswore, four, fourscore, furthermore, Gábor, galore, gnaw, gore, grantor, guarantor, guffaw, hard-core, Haugh, haw, hoar, ignore, implore, Indore, interwar, jaw, Johor, Lahore, law, lessor, lor, lore, macaw, man-o'-war, maw, mirador, mor, more, mortgagor, Mysore, nevermore, nor, oar, obligor, offshore, onshore, open-jaw, or, ore, outdoor, outwore, paw, poor, pore, pour, rapport, raw, roar, saw, scaur, score, senhor, señor, shaw, ship-to-shore, shop-floor, shore, signor, Singapore, snore, soar, softcore, sore, spore, store, straw, swore, Tagore, tau, taw, thaw, Thor, threescore, tor, tore, torr, trapdoor, tug-of-war, two-by-four, underfloor, underscore, war, warrantor, Waugh, whore, withdraw, wore, yaw, yore, your

Definition of afore in US English:

afore

prepositionəˈfôrəˈfɔr
dialect, archaic
  • Before.

    〈古或方〉在…之前

    he died the day afore yesterday
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Rebecca, did the dinosaurs come afore man, or at the same time?
    • A human being's evident fear is that he should die afore his time.
    • It's all been done before by Nature or those who came afore.
    • The stream is murky and my eyes are not so keen as they were ages afore.
    • Shouldn't be long afore we find out who she is.

Origin

Old English onforan (see a-, fore).

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