elegy

pronunciation

UK [ˈelədʒi]word uk audio image

US [ˈɛlədʒi] word us audio image

  • n.
    哀歌,挽歌

Word Origin

elegy 哀歌

来自希腊语elegos, 哀诗,哀歌。

Example

1. Or is their devotion already an elegy rather than an anthem ?
还是说,他们的奉献和敬礼不是撇号的颂诗,而已是它的挽歌?
2. His book is not intended to be a complete history but a personal elegy .
他的书与其说是一部完整的历史,更像是一篇个人挽歌。
3. " It is more like a funeral and an elegy rather than a concert , " a photographer who pictured theconcert said .
为音乐会拍摄的摄影师说:“这有点像葬礼上的挽歌,而不是音乐会。”
4. The dozen or so inner-city teenagers grouped in the classroom scribble notes as she and a second muslim girl critique alfred tennyson 's 1835 elegy to his late friend arthur hallam .
在她与另一位穆斯林女孩评论1835年诗人丁尼生写给他过世的朋友亚瑟-哈勒姆的挽歌的同时,约十位老城区的青少年聚在教室里潦草地记下笔记。

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