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单词 elegy
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
el•e•gy /ˈɛlɪdʒi/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. -gies. 
  1. Poetrya mournful, melancholy, or sad poem, esp. one written for the dead.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
el•e•gy  (eli jē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -gies. 
  1. Poetrya mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, esp. a funeral song or a lament for the dead.
  2. Poetrya poem written in elegiac meter.
  3. Music and Dancea sad or mournful musical composition.
  • Greek elegeía, origin, originally neuter plural of elegeîos elegiac, equivalent. to éleg(os) a lament + -eios adjective, adjectival suffix
  • Latin elegīa
  • Middle French)
  • (1505–15

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
elegy /ˈɛlɪdʒɪ/ n ( pl -gies)
  1. a mournful or plaintive poem or song, esp a lament for the dead
  2. poetry or a poem written in elegiac couplets or stanzas
Etymology: 16th Century: via French and Latin from Greek elegeia, from elegos lament sung to flute accompaniment
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