- [uncountable]
the period of time in history before information was written down 史前时期;远古时期 These climate changes continued throughout prehistory. 这些气候变化贯穿整个史前。
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the earliest stages of the development of something (事物发展的)初期,开始阶段,萌芽时期 the prehistory of capitalism 资本主义发展的初期