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a keen for [sb]
They sang a keen for the deceased.
他们为死者唱了一首挽歌。
恸哭；哀悼；挽歌
keens — plural of keen
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
恸哭；哀悼；挽歌
a prolonged wail or funeral lament for a dead person
They sang a keen for the deceased.
他们为死者唱了一首挽歌。
为死者发出的长声哀号
A prolonged wail for a deceased person.
大声嚎哭的葬礼挽歌
a funeral lament sung with loud wailing
The mourners sang a heartfelt keen at the funeral.
哀悼者在葬礼上唱了一首发自内心的挽歌。
She could hear the keens rising from the village as the procession passed.
当队伍经过时，她能听到从村庄传来的挽歌声。
The traditional keen, with its mournful melody, moved everyone to tears.
这首传统挽歌以其悲伤的旋律令所有人落泪。
They sang a keen for the deceased.
他们为死者唱了一首挽歌。
The mourners sang a keen at the funeral.
哀悼者在葬礼上唱了一首挽歌。
The sound of a keen echoed through the cemetery.
挽歌的声音在墓地里回荡。
Not this
She felt very keen about the ceremony.
Use this
She participated in the keen for the deceased.
混淆了词性：'keen' 作名词时表示'葬礼哀歌'，而形容词'keen'表示'热切的'。应将形容词改为名词用法，表达参与哀歌的行为。
Not this
They sang a keen to the dead.
Use this
They sang a keen for the dead.
介词误用：表示'为...哀悼'应用介词'for'，而不是'to'。'a keen for the dead'是正确搭配。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
葬礼挽歌；送葬哀歌
The mourners sang a funeral keen at the graveside.
送葬者在墓旁唱了一首葬礼挽歌。
为死者哀号；哭丧
Traditionally, the women would lead a keen for the dead at an Irish wake.
按照传统，在爱尔兰守灵仪式上，妇女们会领头发丧哀号。
唱挽歌；吟唱哀歌
She sang a keen for her fallen brother.
她为阵亡的兄弟唱了一首挽歌。
女妖的哀号；报丧的哭声
The banshee's keen was heard across the moor.
女妖的哀号传遍了荒原。
发长 /iː/ 音 (如 see, free)
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发音像 kin（亲属），想象亲属在丧礼上拉长声音哭嚎——keen 就是这种挽歌。
语域：formal 常见场景：literary writing、historical accounts、Irish funeral customs 该名词义项通常用于文学或历史语境，比较正式，多指大声哭号式的葬礼挽歌；口语中很少见。
这些词与 keen /kin/ 押韵：seen /sin/、bean /bin/、green /ɡrin/、mean /min/、queen /kwin/。注意 kneel /nil/ 拼写相近，但以 /l/ 结尾，发音不同；kin /kɪn/ 看起来相似，但元音是短音 /ɪ/，也不押韵。
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