shortly before noon

基本解释

Shortly before Cambodia's noon deadline for the Thai troops to move, the Cambodian army chief said all were back in Thai territory.
柬埔寨军方领袖说，泰国部队在柬埔寨设定的最后撤离期限，也就是星期二中午前不久已全部返回泰国境内。
Shortly before noon on September 1, 1923, an earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale sent shockwaves through the Tokyo-Yokohama metropolitan area.
1923年九月一日，中午之前，一场里氏7.9级的地震横扫了东京-横滨地区。
Shortly before noon, according to an old account, two plumbers cut an oblong opening in the coffin, and Fleetwood Lindley and 22 others gazed on Abraham Lincoln's face.
根据从前的说法，接近正午时分，两名水管工在棺木上割开了一个长方形的窗口，弗利伍德·林德利和其他二十二个人一起凝视着亚伯拉罕·林肯的脸。

And shortly before noon on Thursday, he made the short flight from London to Paris.
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Shortly before noon, there was a desperate push to clear away the remaining vestiges of Project B and to get to the airport.
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