ballad
	英 ['bæləd]
美 ['bæləd]
	    
		助记提示
	
	1. shortened from ballade.
2. "dancing song", originally  "(poem for a) dance", from ball "dance".
		英文词源
	
	- ballad (n.)
 - late 15c., from French ballade "dancing song" (13c.), from Old Provençal ballada "(poem for a) dance," from balar "to dance," from Late Latin ballare "to dance" (see ball (n.2)).
 
 
		双语例句
	
	- 1. Elvis conceived of himself as a ballad singer. 
  - 埃尔维斯认为自己是民谣歌手。
  来自柯林斯例句
 
- 2. The book reads like a ballad. 
  - 这本书读起来像歌谣。
  来自柯林斯例句
 
- 3. a medieval ballad about a knight and a lady 
  - 一首关于骑士和贵族小姐的中世纪谣曲
  来自《权威词典》
 
- 4. This is a romantic ballad that is pure corn. 
  - 这是一首极为伤感的浪漫小曲.
  来自《简明英汉词典》
 
- 5. This poem has the distinctive flavour of a ballad. 
  - 这首诗有民歌风味.
  来自《现代汉英综合大词典》