prologue

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈpɹəʊlɒɡ/    美 /ˈpɹoʊlɔɡ/|/ˈpɹoʊlɑɡ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel. rhetoric
    — “H'm !” he said, “so, so—it is a tragedy in a prologue and three acts. I am going down this afternoon to see the curtain fall for the third time on what […] will prove a good burlesque ; but it all began dramatically enough. It was last Saturday […] that two boys, playing in the little spinney just outside Wembley Park Station, came across three large parcels done up in American cloth. […]”
  2. One who delivers a prologue.
    — And hither am I come, / A Prologue arm’d, but not in confidence / Of Authors pen, or Actors voyce;
  3. A component of a computer program that prepares the computer to execute a routine.
  4. An individual time trial before a stage race, used to determine which rider wears the leader's jersey on the first stage.
  5. A liturgical book containing daily readings, including hagiography.
动词 v.
  1. To introduce with a formal preface, or prologue. rhetoric
    — […]harbindgers preceading ſtill the fates and prologue to the Omen comming on[…]

词形变化

prologues plural prolog alternative,US prologues present,singular,third-person prologuing participle,present prologued participle,past prologued past prolog alternative,US

词汇关系

反义词
epilogue epilog
衍生词
prologetic prologuelike prologuise prologuize

词源

词源 1
From Middle English prologue, prologe, from Old French prologue, from Latin prologus, from Ancient Greek πρόλογος (prólogos). Equivalent to pro- + -logue.
词源 2
From Middle English prologue, prologe, from Old French prologue, from Latin prologus, from Ancient Greek πρόλογος (prólogos). Equivalent to pro- + -logue.
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