eulogy
noun /ˈjuːlədʒi/
/ˈjuːlədʒi/
[countable, uncountable] (plural eulogies)
- eulogy (of/to somebody/something) a speech or piece of writing praising somebody/something very much
颂词;颂文 - a eulogy to marriage
婚礼颂词
- a eulogy to marriage
- eulogy (for/to somebody) a speech given at a funeral praising the person who has died
(颂扬死者的)悼词,悼文 - He gave the eulogy at Aunt Louise’s funeral.
他在路易丝姨妈的葬礼上致悼辞。
- He gave the eulogy at Aunt Louise’s funeral.
词源late Middle English (in the sense ‘high praise’): from medieval Latin eulogium, eulogia (from Greek eulogia ‘praise’), apparently influenced by Latin elogium ‘inscription on a tomb’ (from Greek elegia ‘elegy’). The current sense dates from the late 16th cent.