| 单词 | ballad tune |
| 释义 | > as lemmasballad tune ballad tune n. ΚΠ 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy iii. ii. 581 Ride and daunce, and sing old ballet tunes. 1672 O. Walker Of Educ. i. xiv. 196 To thrum a Guitarr to 2. or 3. Italian Ballad tunes, may be agreable for once, but often practised is ridiculous. a1695 Earl of Lauderdale tr. Virgil Pastorals iii. in Wks. (1709) 8 Some Ballad Tunes perhaps thou might'st compose, Or else some dismal Verse far worse than Prose. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iv. 153 A ballad tune sung by the coarse-piped chamber maid. 1871 Amer. Naturalist 5 768 When a boy the writer was fond of whistling, usually selecting some ballad tune. 1989 P. van der Merwe Origins Pop. Style (1992) xi. 105 The Scottish ballad tune does have a tonic, though of a subtle kind, so that it too may sound unfinished to the classically trained ear. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。