elegy

n. 悲歌, 哀歌, 挽歌

发音

CA /ˈɛlɪd͡ʒi/
US /ˈɛlɪd͡ʒi/
UK /ˈɛlɪd͡ʒi/

词形变化

elegies 复数 elegies

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A mournful or plaintive poem; a funeral song; a poem of lamentation.

    哀歌

    挽歌

    funeral elegy

    pastoral elegy

    solemn elegy

    He composed an elegy for his late friend.

  2. 2.

    A composition of mournful character.

    音乐
  3. 3.

    A classical poem written in elegiac meter

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

lament

上位词 1

poem

词源

From Middle French elegie, from Latin elegīa, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐλεγείᾱ (elegeíā), ellipsis of ἐλεγείᾱ ᾠδή (elegeíā ōidḗ, “an elegiac song”).

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