名詞 hymn:

1. a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)
   同義詞：anthem

動(dòng)詞 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.
   圣餐禮開始時(shí)唱的贊美詩牧師開始宗教儀式時(shí)，特別是在英國圣公會教堂中唱的圣歌或贊美詩
2. A hymn of irregular meter sung after the gradual.
   (天主教)圣歌彌撒開階歌后唱的圣歌
3. A Protestant hymn melody.
   贊美詩曲調(diào)新教贊美詩的曲調(diào)
4. I can hear the hymn from the nearby church.
   我能聽到從附近的教堂傳來的圣歌。

hymn

n.（名詞）
A song of praise or thanksgiving to God or a deity.
贊美詩，贊歌：對上帝或神的贊美或感恩的歌
A song of praise or joy; a paean.
頌歌：贊頌的歌或歡樂的歌；感恩歌
v.（動(dòng)詞）
hymned,hymn.ing,hymns
v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
To praise, glorify, or worship in or as if in a hymn.
贊美：在…贊美，神圣化或崇拜，或好象在一首贊美詩里一樣
v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
To sing hymns.
唱贊美詩

來源：
Middle English imne
中古英語 imne
from Old French ymne
源自 古法語 ymne
from Latin hymnus [song of praise]
源自 拉丁語 hymnus [贊美之歌]
from Greek humnos
源自 希臘語 humnos