ballad

英 [ˈbæləd]

美 [ˈbæləd]

n.  叙事诗; 民歌; 民谣; (节奏缓慢的)情歌

复数：ballads　

GRETEM8

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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The book reads like a ballad
  这本书读起来像歌谣。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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；
• 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。
• 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。