英语词汇“hymn”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	hymn
释义	hymn I. \ˈhim\ noun (-s) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English ymne, hympne, partly from Old English ymen, hymen, from Latin hymnus and partly from Middle French himpne, from Medieval Latin hympnus, from Latin hymnus and partly from Old French ymne, from Medieval Latin ymnus, from Latin hymnus; Latin hymnus from Greek hymnos song of praise 1. a. : a song of praise to God < grows into the chorus … with its triumphal hymn: Lift up your heads, O ye gates — J.P.Larsen > b. : a metrical composition adapted for singing in a religious service < collection of hymns, carols, anthems, gospel songs — Saturday Review > 2. : a song of praise or joy < in jolly hymns they praise the god of wine — John Dryden > 3. : something resembling a hymn especially in expressing praise : paean < this prose hymn of contentment in simple and external things — Douglas Bush > < the plot of this hymn to American domesticity — Jack Weeks > < painted a hymn to the wonder of light — Lewis Mumford > II. verb (hymned ; hymned ; hymning \ˈhimiŋ sometimes -mniŋ\ ; hymns) *transitive verb* : to sing the praises of : extol < still hymns his love of the earth and proclaims his faith in the race that inhabits it — B.R.Redman > specifically : to worship in song *intransitive verb* : sing < the lark hymns on high > specifically : to sing a hymn < the choir hymns softly in the chancel >
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