prologue

prologo

Discorso o sezione iniziale che introduce una storia o un’opera teatrale.

In inglese semplice: An opening speech or section that introduces a story or play.

• Read the prologue first.
• The play begins with a short prologue.
• Her novel has a prologue set fifty years earlier.

Come si usa: prologue to something (The prologue to the play explains the conflict.)

Sinonimi: introduction, preface

Contrari: epilogue

Espressioni comuni: short prologue, prologue to something, opening prologue

prologo di funzione

Parte di un programma informatico che prepara il necessario prima dell’esecuzione di un’altra parte.

In inglese semplice: A part of a computer program that gets things ready before another part runs.

• The prologue saves the registers.
• This compiler generates a short function prologue.
• The routine cannot run correctly without its prologue.

Contrari: epilogue

Espressioni comuni: function prologue, routine prologue

recitatore del prologo

Persona che pronuncia il discorso introduttivo prima di un’opera teatrale.

In inglese semplice: A person who gives the opening speech before a play.

• The prologue stepped onto the stage.
• An actor playing the prologue welcomed the audience.
• The prologue spoke before the main characters appeared.

Espressioni comuni: the prologue enters, prologue speaks

libro delle letture dei santi

Libro religioso con letture per ogni giorno, comprese storie della vita dei santi.

In inglese semplice: A church book with readings for each day, including accounts of saints’ lives.

• The monk opened the prologue.
• Today’s reading in the prologue describes a saint’s life.
• The monastery kept an old prologue in its library.

Espressioni comuni: read the prologue, church prologue

premettere un prologo

Iniziare qualcosa con un’introduzione formale.

In inglese semplice: To begin something with a formal introduction.

• She prologued the play with a speech.
• The author prologues his story with a warning.
• He prologued the ceremony with some formal remarks.

Come si usa: prologue something with something (He prologued the story with a short poem.)

Sinonimi: introduce, preface

Espressioni comuni: prologue something with, prologue a play