| 单词 | anthem |
| 释义 | anthem (once / 1657 pages) n Rousing, reverential, sometimes even revolutionary, an anthem is a song that represents the ideals of a group of people. Anthem comes from Old English antefn. The original word meant a song sung antiphonally, or in turns by two groups of singers. Today, anthem has little to do with the way the vocals are arranged and more to do with the content of the message. When a group of people sing an anthem, whether it’s the national anthem, or the anthem of your third-grader’s beetle-collecting club, they express their devotion to a cause they identify with. WORD FAMILYanthem: anthems USAGE EXAMPLESHe sat on the bench when the national anthem was sung in the first two games of the preseason. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) And athletes’ celebrity shouldn’t inhibit their opportunity to express themselves, whether it’s their T-shirt, footwear or posture during the national anthem. Washington Times(Dec 28, 2016) According to his Facebook page, Stephen Conrad was living in Phoenix, Ariz., where he was the golf shop assistant at Anthem Golf and Country Club. Golf Digest(Dec 28, 2016) 1n a song of devotion or loyalty (as to a nation or school) Exp|Hypo|Hyper Marseillaise the French national anthem The Star-Spangled Bannera poem written by Francis Scott Key during the War of 1812 was set to music and adopted by Congress in 1931 as the national anthem of the United States national anthem a song formally adopted as the anthem for a nation song, vocal a short musical composition with words 2n a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation) Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper hymn Dies Irae the first words of a medieval Latin hymn describing the Last Judgment (literally `day of wrath') Internationalea revolutionary socialist anthem Te Deuman ancient liturgical hymn Magnificat(Luke) the canticle of the Virgin Mary (from Luke 1:46 beginning `Magnificat anima mea Dominum') dithyramb (ancient Greece) a passionate hymn (usually in honor of Dionysus) doxologya hymn or verse in Christian liturgy glorifying God choral, choralea stately Protestant (especially Lutheran) hymn tune canticlea hymn derived from the Bible hymeneala wedding hymn paean, pean(ancient Greece) a hymn of praise (especially one sung in ancient Greece to invoke or thank a deity) recessionala hymn that is sung at the end of a service as the clergy and choir withdraw religious song religious music for singing |
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