英语词汇“dithyramb”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

A dithyramb is a speech or piece of writing that bursts with enthusiasm. A dithyramb is full of passion and purpose, so save it for a special occasion.

The next time you hear a wildly enthusiastic speech, pull this word out of your hat to describe it. The Greek original was the name for a passionate choral hymn, typically to Dionysus. Since then, dithyramb came to mean a poem with similar passion, and then any type of writing or speech that bursts with enthusiasm. A love letter could be called a dithyramb. A powerful speech on behalf of justice could be called a dithyramb. Dithyrambs are passionate.

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The ensemble’s rich resonance, combined with the variety of pitches and shifting dynamics, evokes a kaleidoscopic dithyramb of rare power.

Washington Post(Apr 14, 2016)

His is a poet’s prose, given to dithyramb, and it can’t be hurried along.

Washington Post(Oct 16, 2014)

In Jason Eckhardt’s “Dithyramb,” from “Tongues,” she explored the timbre and color of individual consonants, which become the rhythmic fuel of the piece.

New York Times(Sep 06, 2013)

1n (ancient Greece) a passionate hymn (usually in honor of Dionysus)

Hyper

anthem, hymn

a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)

2n a wildly enthusiastic speech or piece of writing

Hyper

piece of writing, writing, written material

the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect)

address, speech

the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience

单词	dithyramb
释义	dithyramb (once / 41472 pages) n A dithyramb is a speech or piece of writing that bursts with enthusiasm. A dithyramb is full of passion and purpose, so save it for a special occasion. The next time you hear a wildly enthusiastic speech, pull this word out of your hat to describe it. The Greek original was the name for a passionate choral hymn, typically to Dionysus. Since then, dithyramb came to mean a poem with similar passion, and then any type of writing or speech that bursts with enthusiasm. A love letter could be called a dithyramb. A powerful speech on behalf of justice could be called a dithyramb. Dithyrambs are passionate. WORD FAMILY dithyramb: dithyrambs USAGE EXAMPLES The ensemble’s rich resonance, combined with the variety of pitches and shifting dynamics, evokes a kaleidoscopic dithyramb of rare power. Washington Post(Apr 14, 2016) His is a poet’s prose, given to dithyramb, and it can’t be hurried along. Washington Post(Oct 16, 2014) In Jason Eckhardt’s “Dithyramb,” from “Tongues,” she explored the timbre and color of individual consonants, which become the rhythmic fuel of the piece. New York Times(Sep 06, 2013) 1n (ancient Greece) a passionate hymn (usually in honor of Dionysus) Hyper anthem, hymn a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation) 2n a wildly enthusiastic speech or piece of writing Hyper piece of writing, writing, written material the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect) address, speech the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience
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