及物动词

名词

1. （书的）序言，前言，绪论
A preface is an introduction at the beginning of a book, which explains what the book is about or why it was written.

2. 以…为开端；以…作为开场白
If you preface an action or speech with something else, you do or say this other thing first.

1. a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book

Synonym: forewordprolusion