exordium

n. 开端, 绪言, 绪论

发音

UK /ɛɡˈzɔːdɪəm/
US /ɛɡˈzɔɹdɪəm/

词形变化

exordia exordiums 复数 exordiums exordia 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A beginning.

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  2. 2.

    The introduction to an essay or discourse.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

introduction

词源

Borrowed from Latin exordium (“beginning, commencement”), from exōrdior (“to begin, commence”), from ex (“out of, from”) + ōrdior (“to begin”).

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