单词 | lead-up |
释义 | lead-upn. Something that leads up to something else. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [noun] > a) preparation(s) > a preliminary action or step introductionc1386 deductiona1535 induction?1544 preamble1548 flourish1552 preludium1563 primordium1577 preparativec1580 exordium1581 introit1583 foregoinga1586 prologuea1586 preface1589 prelusion1597 proem1598 prolusion1601 introductory1646 preliminary1656 prelimination1667 flourishing1687 little go1842 preluding1858 foreword1888 prelim1891 prelimen1898 run-in1900 opening gambit1911 prolegomenon1926 lead-in1928 pipe-openera1936 lead-up1953 intro1964 1953 M. T. Monro Thinking about Genesis i. i. 26 The lead-up is the ordinary one by which we establish, on rational grounds alone, the existence of God, His attributes, [etc.]. 1959 D. Cooke Lang. Music iii. 145 The Beethoven is the short, breathless lead-up to the final jubilant outburst of the finale of the Choral Symphony. 1959 D. D. C. P. Mould Peter's Boat vi. 78 I had occasion to go into..that country's great mediaeval cathedrals now in Protestant hands... Here was a setting, a magnificent lead-up in stone..pointing to one thing and one thing only, the Mass and the Blessed Sacrament. 1972 Lebende Sprachen 17 73/1 During the vital lead-up to first flights, acceleration and deceleration tests were made during taxying trials. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1953 |
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