| 释义 |
ode
\ˈōd\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle French or Late Latin; Middle French, from Late Latin ode, oda, from Greek aoidē (Attic ōidē), from aeidein (Attic aidein) to sing; akin to Old High German farwāzan to deny, Greek audē voice, sound, speech, Tocharian A & Tocharian B wätk- to command, Sanskrit vadati he says, sings, plays music
1. : a lyric poem usually marked by particular exaltation of feeling and style and typically marked by varying length of line and by complexity of stanza forms
2.
a. : one of nine scriptural canticles used in the morning office of the Eastern Church on certain days
b. : one of nine hymns of a canon (sense 10) |