名詞 elegy:

1. a mournful poem; a lament for the dead
   同義詞：lament

el.e.gy

n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 el.e.gies
A poem composed in elegiac couplets.
挽歌：用挽歌對句體寫的詩歌

A poem or song composed especially as a lament for a deceased person.
挽歌，挽詩：專門為悼念某一死者所寫的詩或歌
Something resembling such a poem or song.
挽歌，挽詩：類似上述的詩或歌
Music A composition that is melancholy or pensive in tone.
【音樂】 哀歌：曲調(diào)憂郁悲哀的音樂作品

來源：
French élégie
法語 élégie
from Latin elegoa
源自 拉丁語 elegoa
from Greek elegeia [from pl. of] elegeion [elegiac distich]
源自 希臘語 elegeia [] 源自elegeion的復(fù)數(shù) [表示哀悼的兩行為一節(jié)的詩或格言]
from elegos [song, mournful song]
源自 elegos [歌，哀歌]