elegiac
英[,el?'d?a??k]
美
- adj. 挽歌的；哀悼的，哀傷的
- n. 挽歌，哀歌
英文詞源
- elegiac (adj.)
- 1580s, in reference to lines of verse of a particular construction, from Middle French élégiaque, from Latin elegiacus, from Greek elegeiakos, from eleigeia (see elegy). In ancient Greece the verse form was used especially with mournful music. Meaning "pertaining to an elegy or elegies" is from 1640s in English; loosened sense "expressing sorrow, lamenting" is from c. 1800. Related: Elegiacal (1540s, of meter); elegiacally.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. The music has a dreamy, elegiac quality.
- 那音樂(lè)有一種夢(mèng)幻般的哀傷。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. He recorded his emotion in elegiac lines of magnificent dignity.
- 他把他的感情宣泄在凄惋而莊嚴(yán)的詩(shī)句里.
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 3. He died at the end of this wistful and elegiac novel.
- 在這本情意綿綿的哀歌式小說(shuō)的末尾,他結(jié)束了一生.
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 4. Her poetry has an elegiac quality.
- 她的詩(shī)有傷感的情調(diào).
來(lái)自辭典例句
- 5. Ovid and Horace challenge comparison with the best elegiac and lyric poets of Greece.
- 奧維德和賀雷西要同希臘最好的挽歌和抒情詩(shī)人爭(zhēng)一日之長(zhǎng).
來(lái)自辭典例句