1
- an action or event serving as an introduction to something more important前奏; 序幕; 先声：
education cannot simply be a prelude to a career.
教育不应该仅是谋取职业的敲门砖。
2
- an introductory piece of music, most commonly an orchestral opening to an act of an opera, the first movement of a suite, or a piece preceding a fugue（歌剧, 组曲, 赋格曲）前奏。
2.1
- a short piece of music of a similar style, especially for the piano（尤指钢琴的）前奏曲。
2.2
- the introductory part of a poem or other literary work（诗歌等文学作品）引子; 序诗。
with obj.
- serve as a prelude or introduction to成为…的前奏; 作为…的序幕：
the bombardment preluded an all-out final attack.
轰炸成为最后总攻的前奏。
派生词
preludial
adjective词源
mid 16th cent.: from French prélude, from medieval Latin praeludium, from Latin praeludere 'play beforehand'， from prae 'before'+ludere 'to play'.