Idyll



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 田园生活; 田园诗
• ［英］ 田园生活 ( a simple, happy life, often in the country) ; 田园诗 ( a short poem or prose work describing a simple, peaceful scene of rural or pastoral life) ;
• ［同］ adj. idyllic

Webster Collegiate

also idyl noun

• Etymology: Latin idyllium, from Greek eidyllion, from diminutive of eidos form; akin to Greek idein to see — more at wit
• Date: 1586
• 1.
  • a. a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment
  • b. a narrative poem (as Tennyson's Idylls of the King) treating an epic, romantic, or tragic theme
• 2.
  • a. a lighthearted carefree episode that is a fit subject for an idyll
  • b. a romantic interlude

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