Hymn



GRE 蓝宝

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 赞美诗
• ［英］ n. 赞美诗 ( any song of praise)
• ［类］ hymn : praise / dirge : grief ( 赞美诗表达赞美 / 挽歌表达悲哀)
• ［记］ hymn 本身可作构词成分;
• ［同］ 参考: hymnology ( 赞美诗研究) ; hymnbook ( 赞美诗集)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English ymne, from Old English ymen, from Latin hymnus song of praise, from Greek hymnos
• Date: before 12th century
• 1.
  • a. a song of praise to God
  • b. a metrical composition adapted for singing in a religious service
• 2. a song of praise or joy
• 3. something resembling a hymn ; paean
• ? hymnlike adjective

II. verb (hymned; hymning)

• Date: 1667
• transitive verb
  • to praise or worship in or as if in hymns <the heroes hymned in this book>
• intransitive verb
  • to sing a hymn

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