an·te·bel·lum
adjective/ˌæntiˈbeləm/
/ˌæntiˈbeləm/
[only before noun] (formal)- connected with the years before a war, especially the American Civil War
战前岁月的；（尤指）美国内战前的 - the laws of the antebellum American South
内战前美国南方的法律
CultureThe word antebellum is mainly used in the US to describe grand houses built in the southern states before the American civil war.Oxford Collocations DictionaryAntebellum is used with these nouns:- era
- slavery
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from Latin, from ante ‘before’ and bellum ‘war’. - the laws of the antebellum American South