n.序文，绪言，前言vi.作序，写前言vt.为...写序言，开始

英文释义

n. Something spoken as introductory to a discourse, or written as introductory to a book or essay; a proem; an introduction, or series of preliminary remarks.

n. The prelude or introduction to the canon of the Mass.

v. t. To introduce by a preface; to give a preface to; as, to preface a book discourse.

v. i. To make a preface.

词干

preface 前言，序言，作序
→ 来自古法语preface，前奏，来自拉丁语praefitio，介绍，序言，来自praefari，在前面说的话，来自prae，在前面，fari，说话，来自bha，说话，词源同fable，fame，fate.