The penultimate thing in a series of things is the last but one.
例句
...on the penultimate day of the Asian Games.在亞運(yùn)會(huì)結(jié)束的倒數(shù)第二天...in the penultimate chapter.在倒數(shù)第二章中
英漢詞典釋義
adj.
倒數(shù)第二的
Y is the penultimate letter of the alphabet.Y是字母表中倒數(shù)第二個(gè)字母。Italian words usually have the main stress on the penultimate syllable in the word.意大利語單詞的主重音通常在倒數(shù)第二個(gè)音節(jié)上。
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. the next to last syllable in a word
Adjective
1. next to the last;
"the author inadvertently reveals the murderer in the penultimate chapter""the figures in the next-to-last column"