英文词源
- roundelay (n.)
- 1570s, from Middle French rondelet, diminutive of rondel "short poem with a refrain," literally "small circle," diminutive of Old French rond "circle, sphere," originally an adjective from roont (see round (adj.)). Spelling developed by association with lay (n.) "poem to be sung."
实用例句
- 1. His heart swelled out in roundelay of summer fields and clover.
- 它的心在夏天的田野和苜宿中,因唱著婉转的短歌而起伏不定.
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- 2. Never pipe could ever play Better shepherd's roundelay.
- 管笛难以赛过牧羊少年的美妙小曲.
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