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

• '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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Robin enjoyed listening to the ballad he sang.
  罗宾喜欢听他唱的民谣。
• The sun in the West will set quietly, Weishan Lake playing my loved Pipa singing the moving ballad.
  西边的太阳快要落山了，微山湖上静悄悄。弹起我心爱的土琵琶，唱起那动人的歌谣。
• 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。
• Be smiling, be going to sing the ballad living.
  微笑着，去唱生活的歌谣。
• This poem has the distinctive flavour of a ballad.
  这首诗有民歌风味。
• 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 recitation of a ballad, an ode, etc.
  叙事歌谣、颂诗等的背诵。