dirge
英 [d??d?]
美[d?d?]
- n. 挽歌；哀悼歌
GRE暢通詞匯
詞態變化
復數:?dirges;
助記提示
1. direct => dirge.
中文詞源
dirge 哀歌
來自拉丁語dirige, 指導，導引，詞源同direct. 用于哀歌的導引，Direct, O Lord, my God, my way in thy sight.
英文詞源
- dirge
- dirge: [16] Dirge is an anglicization of Latin dīrige, the imperative singular of dīrigere ‘guide’ (source of English direct). It is the first word in the Latin version of Psalm 5, verse 8: Dirige, Domīne, Deus meus, in conspectu tuo viam meam ‘Direct, O Lord, my God, my way in thy sight’ (the Authorized Version expands this to ‘Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness because of my enemies; make thy way straight before thy face’). This formed an antiphon in the Office of the Dead (the funeral service) and hence came to be associated with songs of mourning, and with gloomy singing in general.
=> direct - dirge (n.)
- early 13c., dirige (current contracted form is from c. 1400), from Latin dirige "direct!" imperative of dirigere "to direct," probably from antiphon Dirige, Domine, Deus meus, in conspectu tuo viam meam, "Direct, O Lord, my God, my way in thy sight," from Psalm v:9, which opened the Matins service in the Office of the Dead. Transferred sense of "any funeral song" is from c. 1500.
雙語例句
- 1. She threw down her basket and intoned a peasant dirge.
- 她撂下菜籃,唱起莊稼人的哀歌.
來自辭典例句
- 2. Captain, make sure that the band plays a dirge.
- 上尉, 一定讓樂隊為他們演奏一首表達我們哀思的挽歌.
來自互聯網
- 3. The stranger, after listening for a moment, joined in the mournful dirge.
- 聽了一會兒后這個陌生人也跟著唱起了悲哀的挽歌.
來自互聯網
- 4. Radiohead is singing a dirge to the record industry.
- ”收音機頭”樂隊為唱片行業唱響了挽歌.
來自互聯網
- 5. His songs are full of dirge.
- 他的歌充滿了憂傷.
來自互聯網