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单词 proem
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Definition of proem in English:

proem

noun ˈprəʊɪmˈproʊˌɛm
formal
  • A preface or preamble to a book or speech.

    〈正式〉序言;开场白;开端

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The proem to the Ode ‘On the Morning of Christ's Nativity’ describes the poem as both a ‘hymn’ and a ‘humble ode.’
    • In the first five lines, however, Archytas provides a proem on the value of the sciences (mathêmata) in general.
    • The book's epigraph-like proem is a hint of what's to come.
    • ‘The Hymn’ that follows the proem presents an array of conflicting, powerful voices, whether divine, human, natural, bestial, or demonic.
    • This larger context is the proem, or introductory poem, which prefaced the invocation.
    Synonyms
    beginning, start, outset, inception, launch, birth, dawn

Derivatives

  • proemial

  • adjective prəʊɪˈiːmɪəl
    formal

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French proeme, via Latin from Greek prooimion 'prelude', from pro 'before' + oimē 'song'.

Definition of proem in US English:

proem

nounˈproʊˌɛmˈprōˌem
formal
  • A preface or preamble to a book or speech.

    〈正式〉序言;开场白;开端

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The proem to the Ode ‘On the Morning of Christ's Nativity’ describes the poem as both a ‘hymn’ and a ‘humble ode.’
    • In the first five lines, however, Archytas provides a proem on the value of the sciences (mathêmata) in general.
    • This larger context is the proem, or introductory poem, which prefaced the invocation.
    • The book's epigraph-like proem is a hint of what's to come.
    • ‘The Hymn’ that follows the proem presents an array of conflicting, powerful voices, whether divine, human, natural, bestial, or demonic.
    Synonyms
    beginning, start, outset, inception, launch, birth, dawn

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French proeme, via Latin from Greek prooimion ‘prelude’, from pro ‘before’ + oimē ‘song’.

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