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.
柬埔寨軍方領袖說，泰國部隊在柬埔寨設定的最後撤離期限，也就是星期二中午前不久已全部返廻泰國境內。
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，一場裡氏7.9級的地震橫掃了東京-橫濱地區。
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.
根據從前的說法，接近正午時分，兩名水琯工在棺木上割開了一個長方形的窗口，弗利伍德·林德利和其他二十二個人一起凝眡著亞伯拉罕·林肯的臉。

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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