Lyric



GRE 蓝宝 TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj. 抒情的; n. 抒情诗
• ［英］ n. 抒情诗 ( a lyric poem)
• ［记］ 来自lyra ( 天琴星座) +ic -> 像天琴一样的 -> 抒情的 ( 抒情诗) : sonnets, elegies, odes, hymns are lyric poetry

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Date: 1581
• 1. a lyric composition; specifically a lyric poem
• 2. the words of a song — often used in plural

II. adjective

• Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French lyrique, from Latin lyricus, from Greek lyrikos, from lyra
• Date: 1567
• 1.
  • a. suitable for singing to the lyre or for being set to music and sung
  • b. of, relating to, or being drama set to music; especially operatic <lyric stage>
• 2.
  • a. expressing direct usually intense personal emotion especially in a manner suggestive of song <lyric poetry>
  • b. exuberant, rhapsodic
• 3. of an opera singer having a light voice and a melodic style — compare dramatic

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