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proto 音标拼音: [pr'otə] 原,原始 原,原始 proto原型 proto adj 1: indicating the first or earliest or original; "` proto' is a combining form in a word like ` protolanguage' that refers to the hypothetical ancestor of another language or group of languages" Proto- \ Pro" to-\ [ Gr. prw^ tos first, a superl. fr. pro` before. See { Pro-}.] 1. A combining form prefix signifying first, primary, primordial; as, protomartyr, the first martyr; protomorphic, primitive in form; protoplast, a primordial organism; prototype, protozoan. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Chem.) ( a) Denoting the first or lowest of a series, or the one having the smallest amount of the element to the name of which it is prefixed; as protoxide, protochloride, etc. ( b) Sometimes used as equivalent to mono-, as indicating that the compound has but one atom of the element to the name of which it is prefixed. Also used adjectively. [ 1913 Webster]
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