Prelude



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 序幕, 前奏
• ［英］ n. 序幕, 前奏 ( an introductory performance, action, or event)
• ［类］ 反义词: coda ( 尾声)
• ［记］ pre ( 前面) +lude ( 玩、弄) -> 前面演奏的音乐 -> 序幕, 前奏
• ［例］ Having arrived at the concert hall late, we missed the prelude.

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle French, from Medieval Latin praeludium, from Latin praeludere to play beforehand, from prae- + ludere to play — more at ludicrous
• Date: 1561
• 1. an introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter
• 2.
  • a. a musical section or movement introducing the theme or chief subject (as of a fugue or suite) or serving as an introduction to an opera or oratorio
  • b. an opening voluntary
  • c. a separate concert piece usually for piano or orchestra and based entirely on a short motif

II. verb (preluded; preluding)

• Date: 1655
• transitive verb
  • 1. to serve as a prelude to
  • 2. to play as a prelude
• intransitive verb
  • to give or serve as a prelude; especially to play a musical introduction
• ? preluder noun

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