A ballad is a long song or poem which tells a story in simple language.
例句
...an eighteenth century ballad about some lost children called the Babes in the Wood.一首18世紀的關于幾個迷路小孩的敘事詩，名為《樹林中的寶貝》
N-COUNT
（節奏舒緩的）流行抒情歌曲，情歌
A ballad is a slow, romantic, popular song.
例句
'You Don't Know Paris' is one of the most beautiful ballads that he ever wrote.《猜不透的巴黎》是他創作的最為優美動聽的情歌之一。
英漢詞典釋義
n.
民歌,民謠,特別指敘述故事的歌
This is a romantic ballad that is pure corn.這是一首極為傷感的浪漫小曲。She taught him to read and even to sing two or three little ballads,accompanying him on her old piano.她教他讀書,還教他唱兩三首民謠,彈著她的舊鋼琴為他伴奏。She belted out ballads and hillbilly songs one after another all evening.她整晚一個接一個地大唱民謠和鄉村小調。