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prequel

noun
🔊/ˈpriːkwəl/
🔊/ˈpriːkwəl/
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  1. a book or a film about events that happened before those in a popular book or film that has already appeared先篇，前篇，前传（叙述某流行图书或电影中的故事之前的事情）
    • Fans waited for years for the first Star Wars prequel.《星球大战》的第一部前传让影迷期待了多年。🔊🔊
    compare sequelTopics Film and theatrec2
    Word Origin1970s: from pre- ‘before’ + sequel.