hymn

名词 hymn:

1. a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)
   同义词：anthem

动词 hymn:

1. sing a hymn
2. praise by singing a hymn

1. A hymn or psalm sung when the ministers enter at the opening of a service, especially in the Anglican Church.
   圣餐礼开始时唱的赞美诗牧师开始宗教仪式时，特别是在英国圣公会教堂中唱的圣歌或赞美诗
2. A hymn of irregular meter sung after the gradual.
   (天主教)圣歌弥撒开阶歌后唱的圣歌
3. A Protestant hymn melody.
   赞美诗曲调新教赞美诗的曲调
4. I can hear the hymn from the nearby church.
   我能听到从附近的教堂传来的圣歌。

hymn

n.（名词）
A song of praise or thanksgiving to God or a deity.
赞美诗，赞歌：对上帝或神的赞美或感恩的歌
A song of praise or joy; a paean.
颂歌：赞颂的歌或欢乐的歌；感恩歌
v.（动词）
hymned,hymn.ing,hymns
v.tr.（及物动词）
To praise, glorify, or worship in or as if in a hymn.
赞美：在…赞美，神圣化或崇拜，或好象在一首赞美诗里一样
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To sing hymns.
唱赞美诗

来源：
Middle English imne
中古英语 imne
from Old French ymne
源自 古法语 ymne
from Latin hymnus [song of praise]
源自 拉丁语 hymnus [赞美之歌]
from Greek humnos
源自 希腊语 humnos