hymn
noun /hɪm/
/hɪm/
Idioms - a song of praise, especially one praising God and sung by Christians
赞美诗，圣歌（尤指基督徒唱的颂扬上帝的歌） - The service began with a rousing hymn.
礼拜仪式开始时先唱了一首令人心潮澎湃的赞美诗。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- rousing
- old
- traditional
- …
- play
- sing
- book
- tune
- The service began with a rousing hymn.
- [usually singular] if a film, book, etc. is a hymn to something, it praises it very strongly
歌颂某事物的电影（或书等）
词源Old English, via Latin from Greek humnos ‘ode or song in praise of a god or hero’, used in the Septuagint to translate various Hebrew words, and hence in the New Testament of the Bible and other Christian writings.
Idioms
sing from the same hymn/song sheet
- (British English, informal) to show that you are in agreement with each other by saying the same things in public
唱同一调子（在公开场合口径一致）
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