輓歌

Question 1

dirge

Answer 1

dirge [dɝdʒ]
(n) 輓歌
(MW1) a slow song that expresses sadness or sorrow
(MW2) a song orhymn of grief or lamentation; especially: oneintended to accompanyfuneral or memorialrites
[例] Bagpipes (風笛) played a hauntingdirge at the funeralfor the fallen leader.

Question 2

elegy

Answer 2

elegy [ˈɛlədʒɪ]
(n) 輓歌
(MW) a song orpoem expressing sorrowor lamentation especially for one who is dead
[衍] elegiac [ˌɛləˈdʒaɪək] (a) “輓歌的”。
[例] “O Captain!My Captain!” is Walt Whitman’s elegy on the death of President Lincoln.

Question 3

threnody

Answer 3

threnody [ˈθrɛnədɪ]
(n) 輓歌
(MW1) a song or poem that expresses sorrow for someone whois dead
(MW2) a song of lamentation forthe dead: ELEGY
[例] The composer’s cello (大提琴) concerto (協奏曲) was composed asa moving threnody for his late(已故的) wife.

Question 4

panegyric

Answer 4

panegyric [ˌpænəˈdʒɪrɪk]
(n) 對死者的讚美 (= eulogy)
(MW1) something (such as a speechor a piece of writing) that praises someone orsomething
(MW2) a eulogistic oration or writing;also: formal or elaborate praise
[衍] panegyrica [pænəˈdʒɪrɪkəl] (a) “對死者讚美的”。
[例] wrote a panegyric on the centennial (百年紀念) of the Nobel laureate’sbirth