?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。我知道那是最為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m(xù)elody有幾種含義嗎？

n.

1.曲調(diào)，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(diào)。

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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。

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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回蕩。

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

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二、詞義辨析：還有哪些詞匯能表示“曲調(diào)”的意思

melody, song, tune, theme

這些名詞均含有“樂曲、曲調(diào)”之意。

melody指悅耳的曲調(diào)旋律。

song多指配有歌詞的歌曲。

tune指曲調(diào)，與配有歌詞的歌曲相對。

theme指主旋律。

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三、最后，做個填詞游戲吧

a few bars of ________ drifted towards us
幾小節(jié)樂曲從遠處傳來 ?