英和和英

発音

• IPA: /ˈpɹiːvjuː/
• (Ireland) IPA: /ˈpɹiːvʉu/
  • (Dublin) IPA: /ˈpɹiːvjuː/

名詞

preview (plural previews)

1. An experience of something in advance.

   Synonym: foretaste

   • 2013 June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36:

     It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: perhaps out of a desire to escape the gravity of this world or to get a preview of the next; […].

2. (colloquial) An advance showing of a film, exhibition etc.
3. A short collection of clips edited together to advertise a film, television show, etc.; a trailer.
4. Something seen in advance. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
5. (computing) A facility for viewing and checking a document or photo, or changes to it, before saving or printing it.

同意語

• forelook
• foreview

派生語

動詞

preview (third-person singular simple present previews, present participle previewing, simple past and past participle previewed)

1. (transitive) To show or watch something, or part of it, before it is complete.
   • 1991 August 24, Lewis Gannett, “Gore Stories”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 6, page 8:

     Vidal's talk was caled "The Screening Of History," and it was a free-ranging meditation on the United States, the movies, on Vidal's personal history and numerous interconnections. (It also previewed a forthcoming book by the same name.)

2. (computing, transitive) To show something in advance, a facility for viewing and checking a document or photo, or changes to it, before saving or printing it.

派生語