elegiac
英 [,elɪ'dʒaɪək]
美
- adj. 挽歌的;哀悼的,哀伤的
- n. 挽歌,哀歌
英英释意
- 1. resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy;
- "an elegiac poem on a friend's death"
- 2. expressing sorrow often for something past;
- "an elegiac lament for youthful ideals"
英文词源
- 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.
实用场景例句
- The music has a dreamy, elegiac quality.
- 那音乐有一种梦幻般的哀伤。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He recorded his emotion in elegiac lines of magnificent dignity.
- 他把他的感情宣泄在凄惋而庄严的诗句里.
辞典例句
- Ovid and Horace challenge comparison with the best elegiac and lyric poets of Greece.
- 奥维德和贺雷西要同希腊最好的挽歌和抒情诗人争一日之长.
辞典例句
- This is an abyss, between the sheets , pale white like an elegiac couplet.
- 这是深渊, 在枕褥之间,挽联般苍白.
期刊摘选
- At the same time my point out that the writer is in essence a elegiac poet.
- 同时指出,作家本质上是一个挽歌诗人.
期刊摘选
- Her poetry has an elegiac quality.
- 她的诗有伤感的情调.
辞典例句
- He asks the private school gentleman of the village to keep an elegiac address for him.
- 他请村里的私塾先生替他写篇祭文.
期刊摘选
- Chapter One is a brief introduction of Robert Lowell and his elegiac poetry.
- 第一章为洛威尔及其挽诗的简介.
期刊摘选
- Followed by the elegiac address listened to his knees together, the oration by the ceremonial reading.
- 接着是一齐跪下听祭文, 祭文由礼生诵读.
期刊摘选
- He died at the end of this wistful and elegiac novel.
- 在这本情意绵绵的哀歌式小说的末尾,他结束了一生.
辞典例句
- The mourning hall is full of wreaths, and on all the walls elegiac scrolls are hung.
- 灵堂里摆满了花圈, 墙上也挂满了挽幛.
期刊摘选
- The music has a dreamy, elegiac quality.
- 那音乐有一种梦幻般的哀伤。
柯林斯例句