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ballad

[ bal-uhd ]

noun

  1. any light, simple song, especially one of sentimental or romantic character, having two or more stanzas all sung to the same melody.
  2. a simple narrative poem of folk origin, composed in short stanzas and adapted for singing.
  3. any poem written in similar style.
  4. the music for a ballad.
  5. a sentimental or romantic popular song.


ballad

/ 藞产忙濒蓹诲 /

noun

  1. a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
  2. a narrative poem in short stanzas of popular origin, originally sung to a repeated tune
  3. a slow sentimental song, esp a pop song
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

ballad

1
  1. A simple narrative song, or, alternatively, a narrative poem suitable for singing. ( See under 鈥淐onventions of Written English.鈥 )

ballad

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  1. A simple narrative song, or a narrative poem suitable for singing. The ballad usually has a short stanza , such as:

    There are twelve months in all the year,

    As I hear many men say,

    But the merriest month in all the year

    Is the merry month of May.

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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 产补濒路濒补诲路颈肠 [b, uh, -, lad, -ik], adjective
  • 产补濒顎僱补诲路濒颈办别顎 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of ballad1

1350鈥1400; Middle English balade < Middle French < Old Proven莽al balada dance, dancing-song, equivalent to bal ( ar ) to dance (< Late Latin 产补濒濒腻谤别; ball 2 ) + -ada -ade 1
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of ballad1

C15: from Old French balade , from Old Proven莽al balada song accompanying a dance, from balar to dance, from Late Latin 产补濒濒腻谤别 ; see ball
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He also brought out Alex Warren to sing his gloopy ballad 鈥淥rdinary鈥 and to premiere a new duet between the two of them called 鈥淥h My Brother.鈥

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It's an album of stunning poetic clarity and emotion 鈥 typified by the title track, an old-time country-rock ballad inspired by her love of detective novels.

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Highlights include The Curse, a stadium-sized ballad about using alcohol as an emotional crutch; and closing track The Deep Blue Okay, where she eventually finds a modicum of inner peace.

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In the converted barn's main room, Elizabethan ballads drifted through smoke-thick air as someone scattered chrysanthemum petals across a sheepskin rug.

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Those moments include The Curse, a rousing ballad about using alcohol to dull her anxiety, which is possibly the best song Self Esteem's ever written.

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