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proem

/proh-em/US // ˈproʊ ɛm //UK // (ˈprəʊɛm) //

脯,脯氨酸,脯脯,脯果

Related Words

foreword前言,序言,序文 opening开场,开幕,开放,开幕式 preface序言,前言,序文,序论 prelude前奏,前奏曲,序幕,前言 prologue序幕,序言,序章,序曲

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : an introductory discourse; introduction; preface; preamble.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounintroduction

Synonyms

foreword前言,序言,序文 opening开场,开幕,开放,开幕式 preface序言,前言,序文,序论 prelude前奏,前奏曲,序幕,前言 prologue序幕,序言,序章,序曲

Examples

After writing these words I read to G. the Proem and opening scene of my novel, and he expressed great delight in them.
In the proem to this idyl I seem to see two shadowy figures passing up and down over a lonesome land.
Machiavelli lays much stress upon this in the Proem to his Istorie Fiorentine.
The opening—the proem I believe he calls it—is very beautiful.
Proem, printed in two of his books, is certainly the best thing he has done hitherto.

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