名詞 preterit:

1. a term formerly used to refer to the simple past tense
   同義詞：preterite

preterit 或 pret.er.ite

adj.Abbr. pret.,pt.（形容詞）縮寫 pret.,pt.
Of, relating to, or being the verb tense that describes a past action or state.
過去時的：描繪過去的動作或狀態(tài)的動詞時態(tài)的，和這種時態(tài)有關(guān)的
n.Abbr. pret.,pt.（名詞）縮寫 pret.,pt.
The verb form expressing or describing a past action or condition.
過去式動詞：表示或描繪過去的動作或狀態(tài)的動詞形式
A verb in the preterit form.
動詞的過去式

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Old French
源自 古法語
from Latin (tempus) praeteritum [past (tense)] [neuter past participle of] praeterore [to go by]
源自 拉丁語 (tempus) praeteritum [過去（時態(tài)）] [] praeterore的中性過去分詞 [過去]
praeter [beyond] [comparative of] prae [before] * see per
praeter [超過] [] prae的比較級 [在…之前] *參見 per
ore [to go] * see ei-
ore [運(yùn)動，走] *參見 ei-