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A song that represents a country, group, or cause, and that people sing or play at important, official moments to show pride — a 'national anthem' is played at the Olympics, for example. It can also mean a song that a group of fans or a whole generation loves so much it feels like it represents them, like 'this song became the anthem of the summer.'
國歌；（象徵性的）代表歌曲
組成From Greek "antiphona," meaning sung responses — originally a song sung back and forth between two groups in a church.
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
anthemnoun/ˈæn.θəm/ [ˈæn̪.θəm]
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archaicAntiphon.
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A choral or vocal composition, often with a religious or political lyric.
- The school's anthem sang of its many outstanding qualities, and it was hard to keep a straight face while singing.
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A hymn of praise or loyalty.
- The choir sang a selection of Christmas anthems at the service just before the big day.
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informalA very popular song or track.
- In May 2000, they even finally cracked the UK top ten when they teamed up with Paul Van Dyk on the trance anthem "The Riddle"...
anthemverb/ˈæn.θəm/ [ˈæn̪.θəm]
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To celebrate with anthems.
- [T]hou shalt hear / Distant harvest-carols clear; / Rustle of the reaped corn; / Sweet birds antheming the morn: [...]
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。