prelude

英 ['prelju?d] 美['pr?ljud]
  • n. 前奏；序幕；前奏曲
  • vt. 成為…的序幕；演奏…作為前奏曲
  • vi. 作為序曲；奏序曲

英英釋意

1. something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows;
"training is a necessary preliminary to employment"
"drinks were the overture to dinner"
2. music that precedes a fugue or introduces an act in an opera