Word familynounballadeerballadistballadryballadmongerballad
Related topics: Music, Literature
bal·lad /ˈbæləd/ ●○○ noun [countableC]
1.APMa slow love song 抒情歌曲,情歌
2.ALa short story in the form of a poem or song 叙事诗歌,民歌,歌谣
Examples from the Corpus
ballad• The results are exquisite-moving from ballads and other composed pieces through different grades of abstraction to total collective improvisation.• Where previous boy-girl ballads dealt with prom night nerves or playground jealousies.• Peggy ScottAdams's provocative ballad is hitting radio audiences like an emotional bomb.• Transfixing and intense, their dark, wine-soaked ballads and lock-tite harmonies are addictive.
Originballad
(1400-1500)Old Frenchbalade, from Old Provençalbalada“dance, song sung while dancing”, from balar“to dance”, from Late Latinballare; → BALL1