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

• Elvis conceived of himself as a ballad singer.
  埃尔维斯认为自己是民谣歌手。
• 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。
• Robin enjoyed listening to the ballad he sang.
  罗宾喜欢听他唱的民谣。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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；
• 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 recitation of a ballad, an ode, etc.
  叙事歌谣、颂诗等的背诵。
• She was humming an Irish ballad.
  她正哼着一首爱尔兰民歌。
• It was originally a love ballad, but I kind of spruced it up.
  它原先是首情歌，我整理了一下。