单词 | rhapsody |
释义 | rhapsody /rap"seuh dee/, n. , pl. rhapsodies. 1. Music. an instrumental composition irregular in form and suggestive of improvisation. 2. an ecstatic expression of feeling or enthusiasm. 3. an epic poem, or a part of such a poem, as a book of the Iliad, suitable for recitation at one time. 4. a similar piece of modern literature. 5. an unusually intense or irregular poem or piece of prose. 6. Archaic. a miscellaneous collection; jumble. [1535-45; < L rhapsodia < Gk rhapsoidía recital of epic poetry, equiv. to rhapsoid(ós) RHAPSODIST + -ia -Y3] |
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