English Dictionary

prologue

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈpɹəʊlɒɡ/

名詞

A speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel. / One who delivers a prologue. / (computing) A component of a computer program that prepares the computer to execute a routine.

日本語の意味

（劇や小説などの）序文、序章、前書き / プロローグを担当する人（序文を語る人） / (コンピュータ) コンピュータがルーチンを実行する準備をするためのプログラムの一部

The novel's prologue, a terse account of the hero's childhood, set the tone for the rest of the book.

その小説の序章は、主人公の幼少期を簡潔に描いたもので、残りの物語の雰囲気を決めた。

意味（1）

A speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel.

“H'm !” he said, “so, so—it is a tragedy in a prologue and three acts. I am going down this afternoon to see the curtain fall for the third time on what … will prove a good burlesque ; but it all began dramatically enough. It was last Saturday […] that two boys, playing in the little spinney just outside Wembley Park Station, came across three large parcels done up in American cloth. […]”

意味（2）

One who delivers a prologue.

And hither am I come, / A Prologue arm’d, but not in confidence / Of Authors pen, or Actors voyce;

意味（3）

(computing) A component of a computer program that prepares the computer to execute a routine.

意味（4）

(cycling) An individual time trial before a stage race, used to determine which rider wears the leader's jersey on the first stage.

prologues （ plural ）