shortly before noon

基本解釋

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后撤離期限，也就是星期二中午前不久已全部返回泰國境內(nèi)。
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，一場里氏7.9級的地震橫掃了東京-橫濱地區(qū)。
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(jù)從前的說法，接近正午時分，兩名水管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視著亞伯拉罕·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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