单词 | threnody |
释义 | threnody (once / 41327 pages) n WORD FAMILY threnody: threnodies USAGE EXAMPLESRide the High Country is a threnody for an obsolete kind of heroism and the code of honor underpinning it. The Guardian(Mar 30, 2016) A threnody for strings, rich in aching suspensions, appears twice, first to lament the deaths of millions and later to mark a more personal loss. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2016) Their voices blended into a threnody of nostalgia about pain. Toni Morrison, The Bluest Eye(1970) n a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a memorial to a dead person Syn|Hypo|Hyper coronach, dirge, lament, requiem keen a funeral lament sung with loud wailing song, vocal a short musical composition with words |
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