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单词 virelay
释义

virelay

/ˈvɪrəleɪ /
noun
A short lyric poem of a type originating in France in the 14th century, consisting of short lines arranged in stanzas with only two rhymes, the end rhyme of one stanza being the chief one of the next.You have five days to write twelve sestinas, four limericks, and a Bulgarian variant of the virelay....
  • He had never dared to tell her his love, but he composed many songs, rounds, and virelays about the agonies of one who adores and is not loved in return.
  • In this book are contained all the songs, ballads, roundelays and virelays, which that gentle duke had composed, and of them I had made this collection.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French virelai.

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