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barcarole

/bahr-kuh-rohl/US // ˈbɑr kəˌroʊl //UK // (ˈbɑːkəˌrəʊl, -ˌrɒl, ˌbɑːkəˈrəʊl) //

栊翠庵,栊栊

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a boating song of the Venetian gondoliers.
    • : a piece of music composed in the style of such songs.

Examples

  • Théophile was singing the barcarole from the second act of Aline, Queen of Golconda at the top of his voice.

  • Now, won't you play that pretty barcarole you played the other night at Lady Fenleigh's?

  • He ran upstairs, singing a barcarole at the top of his voice, and rushed into the room, waving the model ship above his head.

  • My own father was barcarole there to a great Milordo, I can't say how many years back.

  • Mamma is gone, and Ned was asking little Muir to sing that delicious barcarole she gave us the other evening.