| 单词 | hymn |
| 释义 | hymn (hɪm ) Word forms: hymns 1. countable noun A hymn is a religious song that Christians sing in church. I like singing hymns. ...a hymn book. 2. countable noun If you describe a film, book, or speech as a hymn to something, you mean that it praises or celebrates that thing. [mainly journalism] ...a hymn to freedom and rebellion. [+ to] ...a cheery hymn to solid middle-aged middle America and loyal domesticity. Synonyms: song of praise, anthem, paean Idioms: sing from the same hymn sheet [British] if two or more people are singing from the same hymn sheet, they agree about something, and are saying the same things in public about it As she and her husband face a court case, they can be relied upon to sing from the same hymn sheet. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: hymn book This meant that the new hymn book did not pass without criticism. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Perhaps both families will be more concerned with glowering at each other across the aisle than singing from a hymn book, I thought. GOODBYE CURATE To cover her shame, she went to church carrying her mother's hymn book and Bible. GWENDOLEN Indeed that mention of tunes points to the two rather different edges of revolution to which the new hymn book looked. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Read this book and find a hymn of praise to 20 centuries of letter-writing. Times, Sunday Times Continued from page 37 whose diaries are one long hymn of praise to his leader. Times, Sunday Times For he began with a little hymn of praise to himself. Times, Sunday Times Behind me a new believer sang newfound truths of the faith in a majestic hymn of praise. Christianity Today Everything a historian writes, he stated for example, should be a celebration of life, a hymn of praise to life. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 赞美诗 Japanese: 賛美歌 |
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