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elegy

UK //ˈel.ə.dʒi//US //ˈel.ə.dʒi//

词源

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。

noun

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。)

同义词:lament, dirge, threnody

常见短语

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。)