• n. 情歌；小曲
• n. (Madrigal)人名；(西)馬德里加爾

來自意大利威尼斯方言madregal,簡單的，純樸的，來自拉丁語matricalis,子宮的，初始的，詞源同matrix,mother.字面意思即像嬰兒一樣純樸無暇的，清新的，后用于指牧歌。

madrigal

madrigal: [16] Etymologically, madrigal denotes a ‘simple song, such as might just have sprung from the mother’s womb’. It comes ultimately from medieval Latin mātricālis ‘simple, primitive’, a derivative of Latin mātrix ‘womb’. (And mātrix itself, source of English matrix [16] and matriculate [16] – etymologically ‘put on a list’, from a later metaphorical use of the Latin noun for ‘list’ – was a derivative of māter ‘mother’.) Mātricālis passed into Italian as madrigale, where it was used as a noun for a ‘simple unaccompanied song’.
=> matriculate, matrix

madrigal (n.)

"short love poem," also "part-song for three or more voices," 1580s, from Italian madrigale, probably from Venetian dialect madregal "simple, ingenuous," from Late Latin matricalis "invented, original," literally "of or from the womb," from matrix (genitive matricis) "womb" (see matrix).

1. When Mary finally appeared, she made her apologies to Mrs Madrigal.

最終露面時，瑪麗向馬德里加爾夫人表示了歉意。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Mrs. Madrigal heaped more carrots onto Michael'splate.

馬德里加爾夫人將更多的胡蘿卜堆到了邁克爾的盤子里。

來自柯林斯例句

3. Mrs. Madrigal buttered another piece of toast.

馬德里加爾夫人給另一片烤面包涂上了黃油。

來自柯林斯例句

4. Mrs. Madrigal began drying dishes.

馬德里加爾夫人開始擦干碟子。

來自柯林斯例句

5. You look like a melodious madrigal, beautiful snowy mountain, beautiful prairie.

你象一只悠揚的牧歌, 美了雪山, 美了草原.

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