(formal or humorous)done or taken before dinner (正式或幽默)餐前的,宴前的 a preprandial glass of sherry. 一杯餐前雪利酒。 ■(Medicine)before a main meal (医)饭前的 urine testing results in the preprandial state. 饭前尿检结果。
语源
early 19th cent.: from pre- 'before' + Latin prandium 'a meal' + -al