Outroとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Blend of out +‎ intro, an analogy using out as the opposite of in. First attested in the title of the song The Intro and the Outro (1967), by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, and written by Vivian Stanshall.

発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˈaʊt.ɹoʊ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈaʊ.tɹəʊ/

名詞

outro (plural outros)

1. (music, informal) A portion of music at the end of a song.

   Synonym: extro

   Antonym: intro

   • 1977, Claude Hall, Barbara Hall, This business of radio programming:

     […] talking over the intro of a record and off the outro, weaving back and forth between two records spinning […]

   • 1992, Bruce Bartlett, Jenny Bartlett, Practical recording techniques:

     Find the spot in the script where you want the outro to start fading up.

   • 2009, 24 September, Jude Rogers in The Guardian, The trouble with remastered records

     But then something happens on I Want You (She's So Heavy), two minutes into the song's intense outro, when a cloud of white noise comes in, […]

2. (informal) The closing sequence at the end of a film, television program, video game, etc.
   • 2007, Rich Shupe, Zevan Rosser, Learning ActionScript 3.0: a beginner's guide:

     Having gone through the intro and stopped, the next click plays the outro of the current section and then hits the following script at the end of the outro animation: