ballad

英 [ˈbæləd]

美 [ˈbæləd]

n.  叙事诗; 民歌; 民谣; (节奏缓慢的)情歌

复数：ballads　

GRETEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.10212 / COCA.9402

牛津词典

noun

• 叙事诗；民歌；民谣
  a song or poem that tells a story
  1. a medieval ballad about a knight and a lady
     一首关于骑士和贵族小姐的中世纪谣曲
• （节奏缓慢的）情歌
  a slow popular song about love
  1. Her latest single is a ballad.
     她的最新单曲唱片是一首情歌。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 民谣；叙事诗歌
  Aballadis a long song or poem which tells a story in simple language.
  1. ...an eighteenth century ballad about some lost children called the Babes in the Wood.
     一首18世纪的关于几个迷路小孩的叙事诗，名为《树林中的宝贝》
• N-COUNT （节奏舒缓的）流行抒情歌曲，情歌
  Aballadis a slow, romantic, popular song.
  1. 'You Don't Know Paris' is one of the most beautiful ballads that he ever wrote.
     《猜不透的巴黎》是他创作的最为优美动听的情歌之一。

英英释义

noun

• a narrative poem of popular origin
  Synonym:lay
• a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
  Synonym:lay

双语例句

• Last year Collins wrote a moving ballad which highlighted the plight of the homeless
  去年，柯林斯写了一首动人的抒情歌曲，突出描绘了无家可归者的苦境。
• Listeners will know that Gong Yoo ssi will sing a ballad song in my concert, December this year.
  听众们都知道，今年12月孔刘会在我的演唱会里担任嘉宾演唱一首流行歌曲。
• The singer led off with a popular ballad.
  歌唱家首先唱了一首流行的民歌。
• The recitation of a ballad, an ode, etc.
  叙事歌谣、颂诗等的背诵。
• She proved to be a great dancer, and she showed off her vocals in her ballad songs and live performances.
  她证明了自己是一个非常厉害的舞者，并在民谣和现场表演中展示了她的唱功。
• The book reads like a ballad
  这本书读起来像歌谣。
• Be smiling, be going to sing the ballad living.
  微笑着，去唱生活的歌谣。
• Elvis conceived of himself as a ballad singer.
  埃尔维斯认为自己是民谣歌手。
• It was originally a love ballad, but I kind of spruced it up.
  它原先是首情歌，我整理了一下。
• Chapter two Have described the ballad phenomenon of augury of the Tang Dynasty concretely in the forms of children's folk rhymes, augury ballad of stone engraving of inscription and augury of poem.
  第二章从童谣、铭文石刻谶谣和诗谶三个方面具体论述了唐代谶谣现象。