单词	ballad
释义	balladbal‧lad /ˈbæləd/ ●○○ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINballad Origin: 1400-1500 Old French balade, from Old Provençal balada ‘dance, song sung while dancing’, from balar ‘to dance’, from Late Latin ballare; ➔ BALL1 Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Peggy ScottAdams's provocative ballad is hitting radio audiences like an emotional bomb. The results are exquisite-moving from ballads and other composed pieces through different grades of abstraction to total collective improvisation. Transfixing and intense, their dark, wine-soaked ballads and lock-tite harmonies are addictive. Where previous boy-girl ballads dealt with prom night nerves or playground jealousies. Thesaurus THESAURUStypes of song► national anthem the official song of a country, which is sung or played on public occasions: · Before the match, everyone stood up to sing the national anthem. ► hymn a religious song that is sung in a church: · What hymns did you choose for your wedding?· At funerals people often sing the hymn ‘Abide with Me’. ► carol a traditional Christmas song: · We went around the houses, singing carols. ► folk song a traditional song from a particular area: · an old Mexican folk song ► ballad a long folk song which tells a story: · a traditional ballad about a man who is dreaming of his home in Ireland ► lullaby a slow quiet song sung to children to make them go to sleep: · She sat by the child’s bed, softly singing a lullaby. WORD SETS► Literature acrostic, nounadapt, verballiteration, nounanagram, nounannual, nounanthology, nounantihero, nounapologia, nounappendix, nounassonance, nounauthorship, nounautobiography, nounballad, nounbard, nounbathos, nounbiography, nounblank verse, nounbowdlerize, verbburlesque, nouncaesura, nouncameo, nouncanon, nouncanto, nouncaricature, nounchapter, nouncharacterization, nouncitation, nounclimax, nounclimax, verbcoda, nouncollected, adjectiveconceit, nouncorpus, nouncouplet, nouncritique, noundactyl, noundeclamatory, adjectivedeconstruction, noundense, adjectivedevice, noundialogue, noundiarist, noundiction, noundigest, noundoggerel, noundraft, noundraft, verbdrama, noundub, nounelegy, nounending, nounepic, adjectiveepigram, nounepilogue, nounepistolary, adjectiveepitaph, nounessay, nounessayist, nouneulogy, nounexegesis, nounfable, nounfairy tale, nounfantasy, nounfiction, nounfictional, adjectivefirst edition, nounfirst person, nounflashback, nounflorid, adjectiveflowery, adjectivefolk, adjectiveforeword, nounformulaic, adjectivefree verse, nounghost story, nounGothic, adjectivegrandiloquent, adjectivehaiku, nounheroic, adjectiveheroic couplet, nounhexameter, nounhumorist, nounhyperbole, nouniamb, nouniambic pentameter, nounimage, nounimagery, nouninformal, adjectiveingénue, nouninstalment, nounirony, nounjournal, nounlay, nounlimerick, nounlit., literary, adjectiveliterature, nounlyric, adjectivelyric, nounlyrical, adjectivelyricism, nounman of letters, nounmanuscript, nounmetaphor, nounmetaphorical, adjectivemetre, nounmetrical, adjectivemonologue, nounnarrative, nounnarrator, nounnaturalism, nounnaturalistic, adjectivenom de plume, nounnovel, nounnovelist, nounnovella, nounnursery rhyme, nounode, nounonomatopoeia, nounpadding, nounpaean, nounparagraph, nounparaphrase, verbparaphrase, nounparenthetical, adjectivepassage, nounpathetic fallacy, nounpen name, nounpentameter, nounperiphrasis, nounperoration, nounpicaresque, adjectiveplaywright, nounplot, nounpoem, nounpoet, nounpoetess, nounpoetic, adjectivepoetic licence, nounpoet laureate, nounpoetry, nounpolemic, nounpolemical, adjectivepotboiler, nounprécis, nounpreface, nounprefatory, adjectiveprologue, nounprose, nounprosody, nounprotagonist, nounpseudonym, nounpulp, nounquatrain, nounquotation, nounquote, verbreading, nounrecite, verbrendition, nounrevise, verbrevision, nounrhetoric, nounrhyme, nounrhyme, verbromance, nounsaga, nounsatire, nounsatirist, nounscience fiction, nounscribbler, nounscript, nounself-portrait, nounSF, Shakespearean, adjectiveshort story, nounsimile, nounsoliloquy, nounsonnet, nounstanza, nounstilted, adjectivestory, nounstream of consciousness, nounstylist, nounsubplot, nounsubtitle, nounsuperhero, nounsurrealism, nounsurrealistic, adjectivesynopsis, nountailpiece, nountale, nountalking book, nountearjerker, nountext, nountextual, adjectivetexture, nountheme, nounthriller, nountitle, nountragedian, nountragedy, nountragic, adjectivetragicomedy, nountrope, nounturgid, adjectiveunabridged, adjectiveverse, nounvignette, nounvolume, nounweepy, nounwell-turned, adjectivewhodunit, nounwriter, nounwriter's block, nounyarn, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB► sing · Here was a community in which people argued fiercely about theology, even sang ballads about predestination.· As they walk they sing a special ballad composed by the archdeacon's niece for the occasion.· And then they couldn't sing a ballad in the key that they recorded it because of some studio trick!· She sings ballads very well and she can do ragtime like no-one you've ever heard.· Then, from somewhere beyond the imposing stone wall, came a sweet voice singing a haunting ballad.· A man and his wife positioned themselves in the middle of one of the tree-lined avenues and sang ballads to a harmonica. 1a slow love song2a short story in the form of a poem or song
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