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挽歌,哀悼歌

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Dirge \Dirge\, n. [Contraction of Lat. dirige, direct thou
   (imperative of dirigere), the first word of a funeral hymn
   (Lat. transl. of Psalm v. 8) beginning, ``Dirige, Domine, in
   conspectu tuo vitam meam.'' See {Direct}, a., and cf.
   {Dirige}.]
   A piece of music of a mournful character, to accompany
   funeral rites; a funeral hymn.

         The raven croaked, and hollow shrieks of owls Sung
         dirges at her funeral.                   --Ford.

资料来源 : WordNet®

dirge
     n : a song or hymn of mourning composed or performed as a
         memorial to a dead person [syn: {coronach}, {lament}, {requiem},
          {threnody}]