ballad

英 [ˈbæləd]

美 [ˈbæləd]

n.  叙事诗; 民歌; 民谣; (节奏缓慢的)情歌

复数：ballads　

GRETEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.10212 / COCA.9402

牛津词典

noun

• 叙事诗；民歌；民谣
  a song or poem that tells a story
  1. 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
• （节奏缓慢的）情歌
  a slow popular song about love
  1. Her latest single is a ballad.
     她的最新单曲唱片是一首情歌。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 民谣；叙事诗歌
  Aballadis a long song or poem which tells a story in simple language.
  1. ...an eighteenth century ballad about some lost children called the Babes in the Wood.
     一首18世纪的关于几个迷路小孩的叙事诗，名为《树林中的宝贝》
• N-COUNT （节奏舒缓的）流行抒情歌曲，情歌
  Aballadis a slow, romantic, popular song.
  1. 'You Don't Know Paris' is one of the most beautiful ballads that he ever wrote.
     《猜不透的巴黎》是他创作的最为优美动听的情歌之一。

英英释义

noun

• a narrative poem of popular origin
  Synonym:lay
• a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
  Synonym:lay

双语例句

• The book reads like a ballad
  这本书读起来像歌谣。
• The singer led off with a popular ballad.
  歌唱家首先唱了一首流行的民歌。
• I mean, this ballad is10 verses long just on the death side.
  我意思是，这歌谣在死神这方就有10篇。
• Work songs, hymns, tralling vocals and old printed ballad stories, skillingsviser, have also been popular.
  劳动歌曲、圣歌和其他老版本的情歌故事，如skillingsviser也受到欢迎。
• I sang her a wistful ballad and strung together some rhymes to amuse her.
  我为她唱起一首恋恋不舍的情歌，把一些同韵的词串在一起，逗她高兴。
• Last year Collins wrote a moving ballad which highlighted the plight of the homeless
  去年，柯林斯写了一首动人的抒情歌曲，突出描绘了无家可归者的苦境。
• The sun in the West will set quietly, Weishan Lake playing my loved Pipa singing the moving ballad.
  西边的太阳快要落山了，微山湖上静悄悄。弹起我心爱的土琵琶，唱起那动人的歌谣。
• It is not his best ballad, but still a good one.
  这不是他最好的一首歌，但仍然不错。
• Chapter two Have described the ballad phenomenon of augury of the Tang Dynasty concretely in the forms of children's folk rhymes, augury ballad of stone engraving of inscription and augury of poem.
  第二章从童谣、铭文石刻谶谣和诗谶三个方面具体论述了唐代谶谣现象。
• Robin enjoyed listening to the ballad he sang.
  罗宾喜欢听他唱的民谣。