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

• And like the old soldier of that ballad, I now close my military career.
  就象歌中的老兵一样，我结束我的军旅生涯，只是淡出了人生舞台。
• This poem has the distinctive flavour of a ballad.
  这首诗有民歌风味。
• I mean, this ballad is10 verses long just on the death side.
  我意思是，这歌谣在死神这方就有10篇。
• The street ballad seller set all men singing of liberty;
  这位民谣歌本的街头叫卖者使所有的人唱起了自由之歌；
• 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。
• The thesis which divides into four parts studies the phenomenon of augury ballad of the Tang Dynasty.
  本文分四个部分对唐代谶谣现象作一个初步考察。
• '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。
• 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。
• A narrative poem, such as one sung by medieval minstrels; a ballad.
  一种叙事诗，如中世纪为吟游诗人所传唱的；民谣。
• 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。