1.SLG technical a group of letters that is added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning and make a new word, such as ‘un’ in ‘untie’ or ‘mis’ in ‘misunderstand’ 前缀 → affix, suffix
2.a number or letter that comes before other numbers or letters, especially a group of numbers that comes before a telephone number when you are calling someone in a different area 〔数字或字母前的〕前置代码〔尤指电话区号〕
3.NAME OF A PERSON old-fashioned a title such as ‘Ms’ or ‘Dr’ used before someone’s name 称谓SYN title
1.SLGto add a prefix to a word, name, or set of numbers 在…前加前缀[代码,称谓]
2.formalBEFORE to say something before the main part of what you have to say 加…作为前言[开场白]
Examples from the Corpus
prefix• All three-digit numbers in Forden will now be prefixed by 580.• It is seldom indeed that such words are prefixed to any declaration in the Bible.• The name of the routine in the definingmoduleinterface has an underscoreprefixed to the name used in the calling module.• This letter was prefixed to the secondvolume of Leapor's versepublished in 1751.
Originprefix1
(1600-1700)Modern Latinpraefixum, from Latinpraefigere“to fasten before”