chant
noun /tʃɑːnt/
/tʃænt/
- [countable] words or phrases that a group of people shout or sing again and again
反复呼喊的话语;重复唱的歌词 - The crowd broke into chants of ‘Out! Out!’
人群爆发出一阵阵 “下台!下台!” 的呼喊声。 - football chants
此起彼伏的足球助威声
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- ritual
- traditional
- Gregorian
- …
- sing
- keep up
- hear
- …
- amid chants
- to chants
- chant of
- …
- The crowd broke into chants of ‘Out! Out!’
- [countable, uncountable] a religious song or prayer or a way of singing, using only a few notes that are repeated many times
(音调简单重复的)圣歌,祷文,吟唱 - a Buddhist chant
佛教唱诵
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- ritual
- traditional
- Gregorian
- …
- sing
- keep up
- hear
- …
- amid chants
- to chants
- chant of
- …
- a Buddhist chant
词源late Middle English (in the sense ‘sing’): from Old French chanter ‘sing’, from Latin cantare, frequentative of canere ‘sing’.