| 释义 |
‖ caoine|ˈkiːnə|
[Ir.]
= keen n.
1707E. Lhuyd Archæologia Britannica 309 Caoine is a sort of Verse used in Elegies or Funeral Poems; and sometimes also in Panegyricks and Satyrs. Each versicle of a Caoine consists of only four Feet, and each Foot most commonly of two Syllables. 1844T. C. Croker in Percy Soc. Early Eng. Poetry XIII. p. ix, Keen, which is here written according to its sound to the English ear, is, in its correct modern orthography, Caòine. 1916Stanford & Forsyth Hist. Music x. 212 The principal styles [of Irish folk-music] are the songs, reels, jigs, caoines. 1954Grove's Dict. Mus. (ed. 5) II. 50/1 The caoine is identical with the qínah of the Old Testament, where it is a lamentation for the death by professional wailing-women. |