a short piece of music, especially an introduction to a longer piece 前奏曲 the prelude to Act II 第二幕的前奏 J S Bach’s preludes and fugues 巴赫的前奏曲和赋格
Extra ExamplesTopics Musicc2‘The Magnificat’ opens with a long organ prelude. 《尊主颂》以一段长长的管风琴序曲开始。 The theme recalls the prelude to Wagner's ‘Lohengrin’. 主题曲使人想到了瓦格纳的《罗恩格林》序曲。 seven preludes for piano 7 首钢琴前奏曲
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- instrumental
- orchestral
- organ
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- open with
- prelude for
- prelude to
- prelude (to something)
an action or event that happens before another more important one and forms an introduction to it 序幕；前奏；先声 Extra ExamplesThis is just a prelude to a larger attack. 这仅仅是更大规模攻击的前奏。 Every life is but a prelude to a death. 每个生命都只不过是死亡的前奏。 He considered the strikes a prelude to the great socialist revolution. 他认为这些罢工拉开了伟大的社会主义革命的序幕。 This analysis will serve as a prelude to a more extended examination. 此项分析将作为进行更广泛检查的序幕。 a necessary prelude to privatization 私有化必要的序幕 events held as a prelude to the Christmas festivities 作为圣诞节庆典前奏的一些活动 the fear that any peace was merely a prelude to war 认为任何和平只是战争的序幕的恐惧
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- essential
- inevitable
- necessary
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- serve as
- consider something
- see something as
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- as a prelude
- prelude for
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- a prelude to war
- be but a prelude to something
- be just a prelude to something
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Word Originmid 16th cent.: from French prélude, from medieval Latin praeludium, from Latin praeludere ‘play beforehand’, from prae ‘before’ + ludere ‘to play’.