Ballad

['bæləd]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a narrative poem of popular origin.

(noun.) a narrative song with a recurrent refrain.

赫克托整理--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) A popular kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing; as, the ballad of Chevy Chase; esp., a sentimental or romantic poem in short stanzas.

(v. i.) To make or sing ballads.

(v. t.) To make mention of in ballads.

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同義詞及近義詞：

n. Light poem, sentimental song.

卡莱尔編輯

解釋/意思:

n. a simple spirited narrative poem in short stanzas of two or four lines in which a story is told in straightforward verse often with great elaborateness and detail in incident but always with graphic simplicity and force—a sort of minor epic: a simple song usually of a romantic or sentimental nature in two or more verses each sung to the same melody as in the so-called Ballad Concerts: any popular song often scurrilous.—ns. Bal′ladist a writer or singer of ballads; Bal′lad-monger a dealer in ballads.

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