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源自拉丁语 'elegia',借自希腊语 'elegeia',原指一种特定的诗歌形式,后演变为哀悼诗。
❶ 一种表达哀思或悼念的诗歌或歌曲,通常用于纪念逝者或哀叹逝去的事物。
“He wrote a moving elegy for his late wife.”
(他为已故的妻子写了一首感人的挽歌。)
“The poet's elegy captured the sorrow of the entire nation.”
(诗人的挽歌捕捉了整个国家的悲伤。)
write an elegy — 创作一首挽歌,通常用于表达对某人或某事的哀悼。
“The poet was asked to write an elegy for the fallen soldiers.”
(诗人被邀请为阵亡士兵创作一首挽歌。)