n.[C]

1. 前奏；序幕[S1][（+to）]
   The fighting in the streets may be a prelude to more serious trouble.

   街头殴斗可能是一个更严重事端的前奏。

2. 【音】前奏曲

vt.

1. 成为……的序幕
2. 演奏……作为前奏曲

vi.

1. 作为序曲；奏序曲

n.

1. an action or event serving as an introduction to something more important.
2. a piece of music serving as an introduction, e.g. to an act of an opera or to a suite or a fugue.
   ▸the introductory part of a poem or other literary work.

v.