epilogue

noun
🔊/ˈepɪlɒɡ/
🔊/ˈepɪlɔːɡ/
(US English also epilog)
jump to other results
  1. a speech, etc. at the end of a play, book, or film that comments on or acts as a conclusion to what has happened(剧本、电影的)收场白,尾声;(书籍的)后记,跋
    • Fortinbras speaks the epilogue in Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’.在莎士比亚的《哈姆雷特》中,由福丁布拉斯念收场白。
    compare prologueTopics Literature and writingc2, Film and theatrec2
    Word Originlate Middle English: from French épilogue, via Latin from Greek epilogos, from epi ‘in addition’ + logos ‘speech’.