英漢解釋
中英對照
n. 序幕，前奏，預兆
vi. 成為 ... 的前奏（開頭） prelude是帶有即興曲的性質、有獨立的樂思、常放在具有嚴謹結構的樂曲或套曲之前作為序引的中、小型器樂曲。
音標
讀音：['prelju:d]
音節切分：prel·ude
英英解釋
名詞： prelude:something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows
music that precedes a fugue or introduces an act in an opera
同義詞：preliminary, overture
動詞： prelude:serve as a prelude or opening toplay as a prelude
詞性轉換
形容詞: preludial名詞: preluder
動詞過去式: preluded
動詞過去分詞: preluded
動詞現在分詞: preluding
動詞第三人稱單數: preludes
例句用法
The telephone rings and this marks the prelude to an unforeseen series of catastrophes.
電話鈴響了，這就揭開了未預料到的大災難的序幕。
His frequent depressions were the prelude to a complete mental breakdown.
他經常抑鬱寡歡，後來精神完全崩潰了。
The bankruptcy of several small firms was the prelude to general economic collapse.
幾家小商行倒閉了，隨之而來的是經濟大蕭條。
The lines form a prelude to his long narrative poem.
這幾行詩是他那長篇敘事詩的序詩。
