overture
英 ['əʊvətj(ʊ)ə]
美['ovətʃʊr]
- n. 前奏曲；提案；序幕
- vt. 提议；为……奏前奏曲
英英释意
- 1. orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio
- 2. something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows;
- "training is a necessary preliminary to employment"
- "drinks were the overture to dinner"
- 3. a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others;
- "she rejected his advances"