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threnody

/thren-uh-dee/US // ˈθrɛn ə di //UK // (ˈθrɛnədɪ, ˈθriː-) //

悲歌,悲鸣曲,哀歌,悲鸣

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural thren·o·dies.

    • : a poem, speech, or song of lamentation, especially for the dead; dirge; funeral song.

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Examples

  • Personally I reckon “Threnody” will give even Jordan 's page-turners a run for their money.

  • The ceaseless threnody of the sea seemed to the old man a requiem over dead hopes.

  • The beautiful "Threnody" on the death of his boy, reveals the sorrow of a soaring mind rather than the grief of a crushed heart.

  • It is scarcely possible to touch the threnody that follows without marring its pathetic and profound beauty.

  • This picture was regarded as “a hymn of jubilation for what was attained and a threnody for the sacrifice it had cost.”

  • No ode or threnody could equal in vibrating passion Captain Scott's last testament.