ballad

英 [ˈbæləd]

美 [ˈbæləd]

n.  叙事诗; 民歌; 民谣; (节奏缓慢的)情歌

复数：ballads　

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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

• 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。
• Ballad: A story told in verse and usually meant to be sung.
  民谣：即口头讲述的故事，且通常是以歌唱的形式讲述。
• I said, I'm not going to gowith the ballad.
  我觉得不能再唱抒情了。
• Elvis conceived of himself as a ballad singer.
  埃尔维斯认为自己是民谣歌手。
• I will get peterquince to write a ballad ofthis dream.
  我要让彼得昆斯给这个梦写一首歌。
• The recitation of a ballad, an ode, etc.
  叙事歌谣、颂诗等的背诵。
• The musician made the legend into a beautiful ballad.
  这位音乐家把传说编成了一首美丽的民谣。
• I sang her a wistful ballad and strung together some rhymes to amuse her.
  我为她唱起一首恋恋不舍的情歌，把一些同韵的词串在一起，逗她高兴。
• She was humming an Irish ballad.
  她正哼着一首爱尔兰民歌。
• 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。