单词
ballad
英 ['b?l?d]
美['b?l?d]
基本信息
- n. 歌谣，民谣；叙事歌谣；流行抒情歌曲
TEM8GRE低频词扩展词汇
词态变化
复数:?ballads;
助记提示
1. shortened from ballade.
2. "dancing song", originally "(poem for a) dance", from ball "dance".
2. "dancing song", originally "(poem for a) dance", from ball "dance".
英文词源
- ballad (n.)
- late 15c., from French ballade "dancing song" (13c.), from Old Proven?al ballada "(poem for a) dance," from balar "to dance," from Late Latin ballare "to dance" (see ball (n.2)).
双语例句
- 1. Elvis conceived of himself as a ballad singer.
- 埃尔维斯认为自己是民谣歌手。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The book reads like a ballad.
- 这本书读起来像歌谣。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. 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
来自《权威词典》
- 4. This is a romantic ballad that is pure corn.
- 这是一首极为伤感的浪漫小曲.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. This poem has the distinctive flavour of a ballad.
- 这首诗有民歌风味.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》