foreword
/ˈfɔːwɜːd//ˈfɔrwɝd/
- n.
- 前言，序
中文释义来自 ECDICT
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词源说明
Morphologically fore- + word. Calque of German Vorwort, itself a calque of Latin praefatio (“preface”). Cognate with German Low German Vörwoord (“foreword”), Dutch voorwoord (“foreword”), West Frisian foarwurd (“foreword”), Danish forord (“preface; proviso”), Swedish förord (“foreword”). Compare also Old English forword, foreword (“proviso; condition”).
释义
名词noun
- 1An introductory section preceding the main text of a book or other document; especially, one written by another person (not the author of the work thus introduced).