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。
• The recitation of a ballad, an ode, etc.
  叙事歌谣、颂诗等的背诵。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I realized they use more than one style, they can do rock, love ballad and pop-rock.
  我知道他们拥有不只一种演唱风格，他们可以演奏摇滚乐，情感民歌，流行音乐。
• Do you think it's weird that I knew that ballad?
  你认为我知道那首歌谣会很奇怪吗？
• Be smiling, be going to sing the ballad living.
  微笑着，去唱生活的歌谣。
• 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。
• It is not his best ballad, but still a good one.
  这不是他最好的一首歌，但仍然不错。