dirge

dirge

英 [dɜːdʒ]
　　美 [dɝdʒ]

n. 挽歌；哀悼歌

中文詞源：

dirge 哀歌

來自拉丁語dirige, 指導，導引，詞源同direct. 用於哀歌的導引，Direct, O Lord, my God, my way in thy sight.

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.

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.

3. The stranger, after listening for a moment, joined in the mournful dirge.
聽瞭一會兒後這個陌生人也跟著唱起瞭悲哀的挽歌.

4. Radiohead is singing a dirge to the record industry.
”收音機頭”樂隊為唱片行業唱響瞭挽歌.

5. His songs are full of dirge.
他的歌充滿瞭憂傷.