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单词 prelude
释义
prelude
noun
uk
/ˈprel.juːd/us
/ˈprel.juːd/

preludenoun(INTRODUCTION)

[Cusually singular]
something that comes before a moreimportanteventoractionthatintroducesorpreparesfor it:
序幕，先声，前奏
Thechangesareseenas a preludetowide-rangingreforms.这些变化被视为大范围改革的序幕。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Preceding and introducing
  • announce
  • antedate
  • beat
  • build(someone/something)up
  • countdown
  • curtain-raiser
  • emcee
  • forerunner
  • introduce
  • introduction
  • introductory
  • lead
  • lead up tosomething
  • lead-in
  • predecessor
  • preface
  • preliminary
  • reintroduce
  • review
  • runsomethingup
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preludenoun(MUSIC)

[C]musicspecialized
ashortpieceofmusicthatintroducesthemainwork
序曲
[C]musicspecialized
ashortindependentpieceofmusicwrittenespeciallyfor thepiano
（尤指钢琴）前奏曲
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Musical pieces
  • arrangement
  • ballade
  • bolero
  • bossa nova
  • Britannia
  • fantasia
  • hook
  • melody
  • multi-part
  • nocturne
  • octet
  • opus
  • passage
  • reel
  • solo
  • song form
  • streetscape
  • string quartet
  • symphony
  • trio
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(Definition ofpreludefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

prelude| American Dictionary

prelude
noun
us
/ˈprel·jud,ˈpreɪ·lud/

preludenoun(INTRODUCTION)

[Cusually sing]
something that comes before a moreimportanteventoractionandintroducesorpreparesfor it:
Thedinnerwas only a prelude to a muchlargermeeting.

preludenoun(MUSIC)

[C]
apieceofmusicthatintroducesalongerpieceofmusic, or ashortpieceofmusicwrittenesp. for thepiano
(Definition ofpreludefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprelude

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What most irritates me about the reiteration of demands for proportional representation is that they are always preluded by the word "fair".
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As preludes to air transportation, these historic projects were of major importance.
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Every military agreement was preluded by a disclaimer of political significance.
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There were the usual self-confident statements, indicative of our under-estimation of the skill and resources of the enemy, statements which have proved to be the invariable preludes to disaster.
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Example 6 reproduces the reduction of thispreludefrom the vocal score, with added analytical notation indicating some of the goaldirected motions.
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His piano works include two solo sonatas, an early set of preludes, and a later set of 24 preludes and fugues.
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Along with its elements of minimalism, the preludes utilize many references to piano music of earlier periods, a tenet of postmodernism.
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They are thus less predictable than the preludes and compositionally mark an advance in technique.
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Key features of his works are a typical use of chromaticism and long preludes and epilogues.
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The motif, which is anticipated and echoed in the seamlessly interwoven inner parts, was already common in chorale preludes of the period.
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His reputation as a composer comes mainly from his chaconnes, passacaglias and unmeasured preludes.
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The preludes begin almost invariably with a single motif in one of the voices which is then treated imitatively for a bar or two.
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Later unmeasured lute preludes retained the improvisatory character of the genre but became more complex and lengthy.
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Unmeasured preludes flourished into full-fledged compositions by the middle of the 17th century.
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His solo piano music consists mainly of short pieces, miniatures, album leaves, preludes and the like.
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