| 单词 | freedom song |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfreedom song freedom song n. a song about or in praise of freedom, esp. from slavery, oppression, etc.; (South African) a strongly political song or chant of a type sung at protest gatherings and demonstrations, typically in a formulaic call-and-response style. ΚΠ 1858 W. G. Brown in A. M. Hemenway Poets & Poetry Vermont 2 And still outrings her freedom-song, Amid the glaciers sparkling there. 1869 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Times 17 June We'll sing a freedom song. 1962 A. Fugard Notebks. (1983) 53 Between speeches the Africans were led in ‘Freedom’ songs by one of the men on the platform. 1990 C. E. Lincoln & L. H. Mamiya Black Church in Afr.-Amer. Experience 369 The abolitionist element of unconditional liberation that supplied the radical edge which rounded out the character of the freedom songs. 2003 N.Y. Mag. 24 Feb. 56/1 Freedom songs from South Africa's black townships are the lifeblood of this scattershot but rousing documentary. < as lemmas |
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