ballad
英 [ˈbæl.əd]
美 [ˈbæl.əd]
1. shortened from ballade.
2. "dancing song", originally "(poem for a) dance", from ball "dance".
- ballad (n.)
- late 15c., from French ballade "dancing song" (13c.), from Old Provençal ballada "(poem for a) dance," from balar "to dance," from Late Latin ballare "to dance" (see ball (n.2)).
- 1. Elvis conceived of himself as a ballad singer.
- 埃尔维斯认为自己是民谣歌手。
- 2. The book reads like a ballad.
- 这本书读起来像歌谣。
- 3. a medieval ballad about a knight and a lady
- 一首关于骑士和贵族小姐的中世纪谣曲
- 4. This is a romantic ballad that is pure corn.
- 这是一首极为伤感的浪漫小曲.
- 5. This poem has the distinctive flavour of a ballad.
- 这首诗有民歌风味.