Elegiac



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 挽歌的;哀悼的
• ［英］ adj. 挽歌的 ( suitable for elegies) ; 哀悼的 ( mournful)
• ［类］ elegiac : sorrow / devotional : reverence ( 哀悼的特点是悲伤 / 忠诚的特点是崇敬)
• ［例］ Her poerty has an elegiac quality.

Webster Collegiate

also elegiacal adjective

• Etymology: Late Latin elegiacus, from Greek elegeiakos, from elegeion
• Date: 1542
• 1.
  • a. of, relating to, or consisting of two dactylic hexameter lines the second of which lacks the arsis in the third and sixth feet
  • b.
    • (1) written in or consisting of elegiac couplets
    • (2) noted for having written poetry in such couplets
  • c. of or relating to the period in Greece about the seventh century B.C. when poetry written in such couplets flourished
• 2. of, relating to, or comprising elegy or an elegy; especially expressing sorrow often for something now past <an elegiac lament for departed youth>
• ? elegiac noun
• ? elegiacally adverb

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