lyrical

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lyr·i·cal /ˈlɪrɪkəl/ adjectiveadj

1 ALAPMbeautifully expressed in words, poetry, or music 抒情的

lyrical love poetry

抒情爱情诗

2 wax lyrical PRAISEto talk about and praise something in a very eager way 热情地谈论[赞美]

One fisherman waxed lyrical about the variety of fish in the river.

一个渔夫兴高采烈地谈论河里各种各样的鱼。

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wax lyrical• In the pub, beer glass in hand, he waxed lyrical about how he would spend his earnings.• You didn't even wax lyrical about the incredibly romantic island we could see from the cliff-top at the cape.• You're waxing lyrical about the M25 and the hopelessness of building more roads.• Marie Claire devoted last October's issue to the disease, and carried photos of topless celebrities waxing lyrical about their assets.• Before waxing lyrical about types of communication we need firstly to appreciate the uniqueness of the hotel environment.• Krzyzewski waxed lyrical on his team's winning effort.• They waxed lyrical on the virtues of introducing business-like methods and improving resource management.

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lyrical• The violin and cello ease into a lyrical assignment.• Cynthia Kadohota's lyrical first novel• Some have ideas for lyrical language.• His lyrical, meditative poetry speaks to nature and a sense of place.• He has recreated the mood of his beloved Provence in a lyrical mural of clustered vines.• The other residents were two friends, Marjorie and Heather, and a girl with the lyrical name of Charmian Romanis.• Only the small, nonconformist fraternity were concerned with private and lyrical values.• In 1900 he published, with R. Silyn Roberts, a book of lyrical verse entitled Telynegion.• He was its poet and its prophet for almost 60 years and when he died Saturday, a lyrical voice was silenced.

lyr·i·cal adjectiveadj

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