dirge

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /dɜːdʒ/    美 /dɝd͡ʒ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A mournful poem or piece of music composed or performed as a memorial to a deceased person.
    — Therefore our ſometimes Siſter, now our Queen, / Th’ imperiall Ioyntreſſe of this warlike State, / Haue we, as ’twere, with a defeated ioy, / With one Auſpicious, and one Dropping eye, / With mirth in Funerall, and with Dirge in Marriage, / In equall Scale weighing Delight and Dole / Taken to Wife […]
  2. A song or piece of music that is considered too slow, bland or boring. informal
动词 v.
  1. To sing dirges

词形变化

dirges plural dirges present,singular,third-person dirging participle,present dirged participle,past dirged past

词汇关系

衍生词
dirgelike dirgy
相关词
dirgeful

词源

词源 1
From Middle English dirige, from Latin dirige (“steer, direct”), from the beginning of the first antiphon in matins for the dead, Dirige, Domine, deus meus, in conspectu tuo viam meam. Doublet of dirige.
词源 2
From Middle English dirige, from Latin dirige (“steer, direct”), from the beginning of the first antiphon in matins for the dead, Dirige, Domine, deus meus, in conspectu tuo viam meam. Doublet of dirige.
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