prequel
noun[Cusually singular]
uk/ˈpriː.kwəl/us/ˈpriː.kwəl/afilm,book, orplaythatdevelopsthestoryof anearlierfilm, etc. bytellingyou whathappenedbefore theeventsin the firstfilm, etc.:
(据已问世文艺作品的情节凭想象上溯创作的)先行篇,上篇,前传Jean Rhys'snovel"WideSargasso Sea" is a prequeltoCharlotte Bronte's "JaneEyre".琼•里斯的小说《藻海无边》是夏洛蒂•勃朗特的《简•爱》的前篇。
Compare
sequel
Types of film, play, book etc.
- adaptation
- Afrofuturism
- allegorical
- allegory
- anime
- autobiographical
- computer-animated
- cyberpunk
- episodic
- Gothic
- kitchen-sink
- lampoon
- procedural
- prosy
- pulpy
- satirical
- science fiction
- self-referential
- SFF
- smash