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    threnody

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Music, Death
    thren·o·dy /ˈθrenədi/ noun (plural threnodies) [countable]  literaryAPMMX a funeral song or poem for someone who has died 挽歌，哀歌；挽诗
    Examples from the Corpus
    threnody• But inside the echo were sounds not quite their own-a kind of threnody, a weeping, something melodic and sad.    Origin threnody (1600-1700) Greek threnoidia, from threnos “song for the dead” + aeidein “to sing”
    thren·o·dy nounChineseSyllable
    poem someone a funeral for or who has Corpus died song


    threnody
    thren‧o‧dy /ˈθrenədi/ noun (plural threnodies) [countable]
     Date: 1600-1700
     Language: Greek
     Origin: threnoidia, from threnos 'song for the dead' + aeidein 'to sing'
    literary a funeral song or poem for someone who has died


    thren·odyBrE /ˈθrenədi/ 🔊NAmE /ˈθrenədi/ 🔊 noun (
    plural
    thren·odies    )     (specialist)     a song, poem or other expression of great sadness for sb who has died or for sth that has ended 挽歌；哀歌；悲诗；哀悼