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单词 paean
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
pae•an /ˈpiən/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. a song of praise, joy, thanksgiving, or triumph.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
pae•an  (pē′ən),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. any song of praise, joy, or triumph.
  2. Antiquitya hymn of invocation or thanksgiving to Apollo or some other ancient Greek deity.
Also, pean. 
  • Greek Paiá̄n physician of the gods
  • Latin: religious or festive hymn, special use of Paean appellation of Apollo
  • 1535–45
pae′an•ism, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
paean, sometimes US pean /ˈpiːən/ n
  1. a hymn sung in ancient Greece in invocation of or thanksgiving to a deity
  2. any song of praise
  3. enthusiastic praise: the film received a paean from the critics
Etymology: 16th Century: via Latin from Greek paiān hymn to Apollo, from his title Paiān, denoting the physician of the gods
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