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

• Customs Heads of Administration Regional Meeting The singer led off with a popular ballad.
  海关行政首长区域会议（海关首长会议）歌唱家首先唱了一首流行的民歌。
• Be smiling, be going to sing the ballad living.
  微笑着，去唱生活的歌谣。
• She was humming an Irish ballad.
  她正哼着一首爱尔兰民歌。
• Do you think it's weird that I knew that ballad?
  你认为我知道那首歌谣会很奇怪吗？
• The thesis which divides into four parts studies the phenomenon of augury ballad of the Tang Dynasty.
  本文分四个部分对唐代谶谣现象作一个初步考察。
• 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 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。
• She proved to be a great dancer, and she showed off her vocals in her ballad songs and live performances.
  她证明了自己是一个非常厉害的舞者，并在民谣和现场表演中展示了她的唱功。
• I said, I'm not going to gowith the ballad.
  我觉得不能再唱抒情了。
• Elvis conceived of himself as a ballad singer.
  埃尔维斯认为自己是民谣歌手。