| 单词 | elegy |
| 释义 | elegy[ el-i-jee ] / ˈɛl ɪ dʒi / SEE SYNONYMS FOR elegy ON THESAURUS.COM noun, plural el·e·gies.a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead. a poem written in elegiac meter. a sad or mournful musical composition. Origin of elegyFirst recorded in 1505–15; from Middle French or directly from Latin elegīa, from Greek elegeîa “elegiac poem or inscription,” originally plural of elegeîon “a distich consisting of an hexameter and a penameter,” equivalent to éleg(os) “song, melody,” later “a lament” + -eios adjective suffix WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH elegyelegy , eulogyWords nearby elegyelegiac couplet, elegiac stanza, elegist, elegit, elegize, elegy, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, Eleia, eleidin, elektra, Elektrostal Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for elegyBritish Dictionary definitions for elegyelegy / (ˈɛlɪdʒɪ) / noun plural -giesa mournful or plaintive poem or song, esp a lament for the dead poetry or a poem written in elegiac couplets or stanzas Word Origin for elegyC16: via French and Latin from Greek elegeia, from elegos lament sung to flute accompaniment undefined elegyAvoid confusion with eulogy Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for elegyelegy [ (el-uh-jee) ] A form of poetry that mourns the loss of someone who has died or something that has deteriorated. A notable example is the “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard,” by Thomas Gray. (Compare eulogy.) The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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