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单词 dirge
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Examples from literature
  • His long improvised dirges will ring for ever in my ears.
  • No long line of troops, no sound of dirges, no trappings of woe, marked the funeral of General Hancock.
  • Soul-stirring dirges added to the solemn horror of the scene.
  • The dirges are supremely beautiful, their language simple and direct, but perfect in descriptive touches and in the cadence of the reiterated burden.
  • Wailing an endless dirge, the dismal notes prolong.

Examplesofdirge

dirge
Harmonies remain triadic and mostly minor, becomingdirge-like at several points in the score.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It was a funeraldirgeover the whole of his party's philosophy and programme.
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There is adirgein my heart, in fact!
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All we heard was adirgeof despair and depression about the future.
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The song has ended but thedirgelingers on.
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It seemed to me that his observations were rather in the nature of a funeraldirge.
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It often seems like a rather dismaldirgeunrelieved by any acknowledgement of the dramatic improvements in standards of living even over the last generation.
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That rather triumphant, lyrical song which they sang is rapidly becoming adirge.
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Most of the speeches have sounded like dirges or laments for a dead, or at least dying, industry.
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That is what it is: the deathdirgeof the old system of financing local government.
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It is not true to say that adirgeshould be the appropriate theme song of agriculture in every area in this country.
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Instead, there was adirgeon who would vote for the proposal from the area health authority.
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Is there only adirgeafter that?
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The song is to be sung con spirito (as a triumphant anthem, not as adirge).
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Rows of candles arranged along the floor burn as a bagpiper plays adirge.
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