Elegiac describes a quiet, remembering kind of sadness — the feeling that someone has died, or that a time, a place, or a way of life is gone and will not come back. An elegiac poem, an elegiac film, an elegiac tone: not loud crying, more like looking back and missing what was there.

Elegiac「Elegiac」 describes形容的是 a quiet, remembering kind of sadness一種安靜、緬懷式的哀傷——the feeling一種感覺，that就是 someone有人 has died過世了，or或者 that time, a place, or a way of life一段時光、一個地方，或一種生活方式 is gone已經消逝，and而且 will not come back不會再回來。An elegiac poem, an elegiac film, an elegiac tone一首哀輓的詩、一部哀輓的電影、一種哀輓的語氣：not loud crying不是放聲大哭，more like而更像是 looking back回頭看，and想念 missing what was there曾經存在的東西。

It is a bookish, grown-up word for reviews, literature class, and serious newspapers, not the playground. Writers use it for more than funerals: a childhood summer, an old town, a shop that closed.

It它 是 a bookish, grown-up word一個書卷氣、大人用的字 for reviews, literature class, and serious newspapers用在評論、文學課，還有嚴肅的報紙上，not the playground而不是操場上用的字。Writers作家 use it用它 for more than funerals不只是用在喪禮上：a childhood summer一個童年的夏天、an old town一座老城鎮、a shop一間店 that closed關門了。

Though actually, in a poetry class it can also mean “written in the old Greek and Latin verse form called elegiac couplets”, a technical sense you can ignore unless you study classics. It is not a fancy way to say elegant.

Though actually不過其實，in a poetry class在詩學課堂上 it它 can also也可以 mean意思是 "written in the old Greek and Latin verse form稱作「哀歌體對句」的古希臘羅馬詩體 called elegiac couplets"用這種格式寫成的，a technical sense一個專業用法，you你 can ignore可以不用理會 unless除非 you study classics你在讀古典學。It它 is not不是 a fancy way一種花俏的說法 to say elegant用來說「elegant」（優雅）。