Harry
What does "touched a faint, long-lost chord" mean? She was looking at him oddly, and there was something in her look that touched a faint, long-lost chord that he could almost, but not quite, remember.
2015年5月27日 01:24
解答 · 5
2
Touched a faint = vague, unclear, etc. Long-lost chord = In this I would think it's a memory or an emotion. Some sort of feeling or memory that was unclear.
2015年5月27日
1
"To strike a chord" literally means to play a harmonious group of notes on a musical instrument... a C major chord, a G-seventh chord, etc. Figuratively it means "to evoke an emotional response." "What he said in that speech really struck a chord with me." In this case, it is a "faint, long-lost chord." She evokes some kind of nostalgic memory. It may also be a reference to a once-famous song by Sir Arthur Sullivan, "The Lost Chord," about a person seated at an organ who accidentally strikes a wonderful chord, and never can find that chord again.
2015年5月27日
還沒找到你要的答案嗎?
寫下你的問題,讓母語者來幫助你!