動人旋律：melody的用法講解

 What I heard then was the melody of children at play. Nothing but that. And I knew that the hopelessly poignant thing was not Lolita's absence from my side, but the absence of her voice from that chorus.

——Lolita

那時，我聽到的是孩子們戲謔的旋律，就是這個，沒有其他。我知道那是最爲傷心無望的不是洛麗塔不再我的身旁，而是，那種旋律中沒有她的聲音。

——《洛麗塔》

一、你知道melody有幾種含義嗎？

n.

1.曲調，歌曲 piece of music or a song with a clear or simple tune

He played an old Irish melody.

他演奏了一支古老的愛爾蘭曲調。

2.旋律 a tune, especially the main tune in a piece of music written for several instruments or voices

The melody still rang in her ears.

那個旋律仍然在她的耳際蕩。

3.美妙的音樂 beautiful music

The beautiful melody is lingering in my mind.

美妙的音樂在我心中迴盪。

4.樂曲的音符編排 the arrangement of musical notes in a tune

二、詞義辨析：還有哪些詞彙能表示“曲調”的意思

melody, song, tune, theme

這些名詞均含有“樂曲、曲調”之意。

melody指悅耳的曲調旋律。

song多指配有歌詞的歌曲。

tune指曲調，與配有歌詞的歌曲相對。

theme指主旋律。

三、最後，做個填詞遊戲吧

a few bars of ________ drifted towards us
幾小節樂曲從遠處傳來