Word
threnody
挽歌；哀歌；悼诗
A song or poem expressing grief for someone who has died; a dirge or elegy.
- 1.
A song or poem of lamentation or mourning for a dead person; a dirge; an elegy.
挽歌；哀歌；悼念死者的诗或歌。
挽歌；哀歌；悼念死者的诗或歌。；哀歌；葬歌；挽歌；悲哀
In use
The choir sang a slow threnody at the memorial service.
Her latest poem is a threnody for the fishermen lost at sea.
We listened to an old threnody composed for the king's mother.
a threnody for
The poet wrote a threnody for his late wife.
这位诗人写了一首悼念亡妻的哀歌。
compose a threnody
The composer was commissioned to compose a threnody for the victims.
这位作曲家受委托为遇难者创作一首挽歌。
a threnody of
Her novel is a threnody of lost love and regret.
她的小说是一首关于失去的爱情和悔恨的悲歌。
Common mistakes
The choir threnodied beautifully.The choir sang a threnody beautifully.
Threnody 是名词，不是动词。英语中需要用 'sing' 或 'perform' 等动词与 threnody 搭配。
He wrote threnody for his mother.He wrote a threnody for his mother.
Threnody 是可数名词，单数形式前需要加冠词或限定词。
Connections
Confusing words
Word family
- threnodic
- 悲悼的；哀悼的 · adjective
- threnodist
- 哀歌作者；挽歌作者 · noun
- threnodial
- 哀歌的；挽歌的 · adjective
Learner notes
Grammar Note
通常用于正式或文学语境，指为悼念死者而作的歌曲或诗歌。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.