elegiac

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˌɛlɪˈd͡ʒaɪək/|/ˌɛlɪˈd͡ʒaɪˌæk/    美 /ˌɛləˈd͡ʒaɪək/|/ˌɛləˈd͡ʒaɪˌæk/|/ɪˈlid͡ʒiˌæk/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A poem composed in the couplet style of classical elegies: a line of dactylic hexameter followed by a line of dactylic pentameter.
    — His saphics are worse, if possible, than his elegiacs
形容词 adj.
  1. Of or relating to an elegy.
    — the elegiac distich or couplet, consisting of a dactylic hexameter and pentameter
  2. Expressing sorrow or mourning.
    — Hast thou no elegiac verse / For Brunswick's venerable hearse, / What! not a line, a tear, a sigh, / When valour bleeds for liberty?

词形变化

more elegiac comparative most elegiac superlative elegaic alternative elegiacs plural elegaic alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
elegiacal elegiacally elegiac couplet elegiac pentameter unelegiac

词源

词源 1
From Middle French élégiaque, from Latin elegīacus, from Ancient Greek ἐλεγειακός (elegeiakós).
词源 2
From Middle French élégiaque, from Latin elegīacus, from Ancient Greek ἐλεγειακός (elegeiakós).
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