English主要词典
preview
Universal Words
noun, verb
noun
1 an occasion at which you can see a film/movie, a show, etc. before it is shown to the general public:
a press preview (= for journalists only) * a special preview of our winter fashion collection
seealsoSNEAKPREVIEW
2 a description in a newspaper or a magazine that tells you about a film/movie, a television programme, etc. before it is shown to the general public:
Turn to page 12 for a preview of next week's programmes.
verb [VN]
1 to see a film/movie, a television programme, etc. before it is shown to the general public and write an account of it for a newspaper or magazine:
The exhibition was previewed in last week's issue.
2 (especially AmE) to give sb a short account of sth that is going to happen, be studied, etc:
The professor previewed the course for us.
