Word · Frequency #15608
Fully loadedprologue
开场白；序言；序幕
an introduction to a play
- 1.
One who delivers a prologue.
致开场白者
- 2.
an introduction to a play
戏剧的开场白,序幕
- 3.
A component of a computer program that prepares the computer to execute a routine.
程序前导部分
- 4.
An individual time trial before a stage race, used to determine which rider wears the leader's jersey on the first stage.
赛前个人计时赛,决定首段领骑衫归属
- 5.
A liturgical book containing daily readings, including hagiography.
包含每日读经和圣徒传记的礼仪书
致开场白者；戏剧的开场白,序幕；程序前导部分；赛前个人计时赛,决定首段领骑衫归属；包含每日读经和圣徒传记的礼仪书
In use
The prologue of the play introduces the main characters and sets the scene in a small village.
The author wrote a short prologue to explain how the story began.
The festival opened with a musical prologue performed by local students.
the prologue to sth
表示“…的序幕/序言”时，prologue 后常用 to 引出对象。
The prologue to the play introduces the main conflict.
这部剧的序幕介绍了主要冲突。
in the prologue (of/to sth)
of 和 to 都可以用，to 更强调所修饰的对象。
In the prologue of the novel, the author describes the village.
在小说的序言中，作者描述了那个村庄。
serve as a prologue to sth
serve as a prologue to 常用于比喻义，指“作为…的前奏”。
Connections
Collocations
- prologue to
- ……的序言；……的序幕
- The prologue to the play sets the scene in 19th-century Paris.这部剧的序幕将场景设定在19世纪的巴黎。
- write a prologue
- 写序言；写序幕
- The author wrote a prologue to explain how the story began.作者写了一篇序言来解释故事是如何开始的。
- brief prologue
- 简短的序言；简短的开场白
- After a brief prologue, the main characters appear on stage.一段简短的开场白之后，主要角色登上了舞台。
- serve as a prologue
- 作为……的序幕；充当……的开场
- The opening scene serves as a prologue to the rest of the film.开场场景作为影片其余部分的序幕。
- the play's prologue
- 该剧的序幕
- The play's prologue introduces the two feuding families.该剧的序幕介绍了两个争斗不休的家族。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象大幕拉开前，报幕员先上台念的那段序言/开场白，就是 prologue。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：theater and drama、book publishing、literary criticism 该词通常用于较正式的书面语境，多出现在文学、戏剧或学术讨论中；在日常口语中不算常见。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都以 logue 结尾，拼写块相同；末尾音节在给定美式发音中都读 /lɑɡ/，可与 prologue 的结尾对照。但它们各自的重读元音不同，所以与 prologue 并不构成完整押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.