threnody

英 ['θrenədɪ] 美 [,θrinədi]
  • n. 挽歌;葬歌;悼词

中文词源


threnody 挽歌,哀歌,哀诗

来自希腊语 threnos,悲歌,挽歌,可能来自拟声词根 PIE*thren,嗡嗡声,词源同 drone.-ody, 歌,诗,词源同 ode,comedy.

英文词源


threnody (n.)
"song of lamentation," 1630s, from Greek threnodia "lamentation," from threnos "dirge, lament" + oide "ode" (see ode). Greek threnos probably is from PIE imitative root *dher- (3) "to drone, murmur, hum;" cognates: Old English dran "drone," Gothic drunjus "sound," Greek tenthrene "a kind of wasp."

双语例句


1. They sang a threnody for the dead person.
他们为那个死去的人唱了哀歌.

来自《简明英汉词典》

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