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A chant is words or a phrase said or sung again and again in a steady rhythm. Sports fans chant at games to support their team; chant slogans in the street; and in some religious traditions, monks or priests chant prayers in a low, musical way, different from ordinary singing. As a verb, 'to chant' just means to say or sing something in this repeated, way.
口號;吟誦、頌唱
組成It comes from Latin 'cantare', meaning to sing.
同家族的字
- enchantto enchant originally meant to cast a spell by chanting or singing words - shares the Latin root 'cantare' (to sing)
原始詞典資料10 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。
Chantname
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A surname from French.
chantverb/t͡ʃɑːnt/
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To sing, especially without instruments, and as applied to monophonic and pre-modern music.
- the cherefull birds of sundry kind / Do chaunt sweet musick, to delight his mind
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To sing or intone sacred text.
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To utter or repeat in a strongly rhythmical manner, especially as a group.
- The football fans chanted insults at the referee.
- On their way to Parliament Square, the demonstrators chanted slogans, sang the Hungarian national anthem, and waved banners and Hungarian flags (minus the hated Communist emblem).
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archaicTo sell horses fraudulently, exaggerating their merits.
chantnoun/t͡ʃɑːnt/
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Type of singing done generally without instruments and harmony.
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entertainmentlifestylemusicA short and simple melody to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung or recited.
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entertainmentlifestylemusicA short and simple melody to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung or recited.
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Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone.
- His strange face, his strange chant.
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A repetitive song, typically an incantation or part of a ritual.
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。