elegy

英 [ˈelədʒi]

美 [ˈelədʒi]

n.  挽诗; 挽歌; 哀歌

复数：elegies　

GRE

BNC.24307 / COCA.19616

牛津词典

noun

• 挽诗；挽歌；哀歌
  a poem or song that expresses sadness, especially for sb who has died

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 悲歌;挽歌;挽诗
  Anelegyis a sad poem, often about someone who has died.
  1. ...a touching elegy for a lost friend.
     致亡友的感人挽歌

英英释义

noun

• a mournful poem
  Synonym:lament

双语例句

• The life of the earth Silent Elegy& On the subject of Mo Yan's works contain
  无言大地的生命悲歌&浅谈莫言作品的主题蕴含
• South Korean film Time presents us with a Pandora-like gloomy elegy for the fascination and destruction of plastic surgery.
  该片呈现了整容手术对现代社会的致命吸引力和毁灭性打击的两难境地。
• Elegy: a poem composed in elegiac couplets.
  挽歌：用挽歌对句体写的诗歌。
• Afterwards, Ran Yunfei evolved from an elegy poet of rare words to the loudest writer and liberal scholar in Sichuan who advocates the progressive spirit of Hu Shih.
  此后，云飞就从一个言辞稀少的哀歌诗人，变成四川盆地内分贝最高的作家，和一个推崇胡适式的渐进改良的、自由主义知识分子。
• I think my review should have made it clearer that this elegy for a casualty of pop culture is a special taste; some of it is fairly glum.
  我觉得我的评论本应澄清，这部关于流行文化牺牲品的悲歌有一种特别的味道；其中一些部分相当阴郁。
• The writer sings an elegy of concuss the spirit returns to bowel for fool's tragedy destiny.
  作者为傻子的悲剧命运唱了一曲荡气回肠的挽歌。
• The elegy can be described as a behavior and a sort of mourning and wield style.
  挽歌是一种行为，又是一种哀祭文体。
• Of these no Elegy.
  这些不需要挽歌。
• What matters to readers, over time, is the power of "Elegy" to console.
  随着岁月的流逝，就是“挽歌”对读者心灵的强大慰藉的重要性。
• Resembling or characteristic of or appropriate to an elegy.
  类似于挽歌、具有挽歌的特征或适合于挽歌。