hymn

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
发音 hĭm

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A song of praise or worship, especially a religious one.
    — But when the moon rose and the breeze awakened, and the sedges stirred, and the cat’s-paws raced across the moonlit ponds, and the far surf off Wonder Head intoned the hymn of the four winds, the trinity, earth and sky and water, became one thunderous symphony—a harmony of sound and colour silvered to a monochrome by the moon.
动词 v.
  1. To sing a hymn. ambitransitive
    — An unknown cast, including Diane Keaton, hymned the Age of Aquarius, stripped off at the end of the first act and let the sunshine in at the end of the second.
  2. To praise or extol in hymns. transitive
    — To hymn the birth-night of the Lord.

词形变化

hymns plural hymns present,singular,third-person hymning participle,present hymned participle,past hymned past

词汇关系

相关词
theody

词源

词源 1
From Middle English ymne, from Old English ymen (reinforced by Old French ymne), from Latin hymnus, borrowed from Ancient Greek ὕμνος (húmnos).
词源 2
From Middle English ymne, from Old English ymen (reinforced by Old French ymne), from Latin hymnus, borrowed from Ancient Greek ὕμνος (húmnos).
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