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balladry

/bal-uh-dree/US // ˈbæl ə dri //UK // (ˈbælədrɪ) //

民谣,歌谣,谣曲,谣传

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : ballad poetry.
    • : the composing, playing, or singing of ballads.

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Examples

  • There is a looseness and lushness, a romanticism and balladry, in the work, that is not quite characteristic.

  • The one introduced him to the study of British balladry, the other led him to the classic groves of Horace.

  • Yet, potentially, Una Golden was as glowing as any princess of balladry.

  • The "Corsair" overture has not the wild, rich balladry of that of the "Flying Dutchman," perhaps.

  • The ghastly heads were set up on pikes over the castle gates (yetts), as Scotch balladry well remembers.