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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ode /əʊd $ oʊd/ noun [countable] ALa poem or song written in order to praise a person or thing 颂诗，颂歌ode to Keats’ ‘Ode to a Nightingale’ 济慈的《夜莺颂》
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ode• No whining about how tough it will be to start over, no self-congratulatory odes to her own courage.• Joe devoted abundant time to ensuring that he had ode of the most impressive wardrobes in town.• This inner ode may be called the kernel mode, in which case the intermediate ode is called the supervisor mode.• Pindar celebrated that victory in his Ninth Pythian ode.• While Cameron Crowe's ode to rock, Almost Famous bagged best original screenplay and best sound.• In a touching ode to the team concept, last month Warrior guard Mookie Blaylock skipped a team practice to play golf.• Poets wrote triumphal odes for victors at all these games, conferring immortality on them.Origin ode (1500-1600) French Late Latin, from Greek oide “song”, from aeidein “to sing”ode nounChinese
praise person order a in a Corpus song poem to written or
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ode /əʊd $ oʊd/
noun [countable]
ode to
Keats’ ‘Ode to a Nightingale’
ode /əʊd $ oʊd/
noun [countable] Date: 1500-1600
Language: French
Origin: Late Latin, from Greek oide 'song', from aeidein 'to sing'
a poem or song written in order to praise a person or thingLanguage: French
Origin: Late Latin, from Greek oide 'song', from aeidein 'to sing'
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