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(guò)去時(shí)的：描繪過(guò)去的動(dòng)作或狀態(tài)的動(dòng)詞時(shí)態(tài)的，和這種時(shí)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(guò)去式動(dòng)詞：表示或描繪過(guò)去的動(dòng)作或狀態(tài)的動(dòng)詞形式
A verb in the preterit form.
動(dòng)詞的過(guò)去式

來(lái)源：
Middle English
中古英語(yǔ)
from Old French
源自 古法語(yǔ)
from Latin (tempus) praeteritum [past (tense)] [neuter past participle of] praeterore [to go by]
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) (tempus) praeteritum [過(guò)去（時(shí)態(tài)）] [] praeterore的中性過(guò)去分詞 [過(guò)去]
praeter [beyond] [comparative of] prae [before] * see per
praeter [超過(guò)] [] prae的比較級(jí) [在…之前] *參見(jiàn) per
ore [to go] * see ei-
ore [運(yùn)動(dòng)，走] *參見(jiàn) ei-