- 1晚禱（英國國教／聖公會傍晚的禮拜）
In the Church of England — England's old national church — there is a service late in the day, when the light is going. That service is evensong. People sit in a church, often a big old one, and they hear prayers, Bible readings, and a lot of singing. Choirs love evensong; some of the most famous church music in English is for this hour. It is not a concert, though it can feel a little like one if the singing is very fine. It is worship. The even here is an old word for evening; we almost never use even that way now, except in poems. So evensong is, piece by piece, evening song. There is a morning sister-service called matins, but that is another word. Evensong feels old, gentle, and very English. You would not use it for a pop concert at night, or for any song you happen to sing after dinner.
組成From Old English ǣfensang: even (old word for evening) + song. The evening sense of even is now almost only in poetry.
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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。
evensongnoun
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A religious service, most commonly seen in the Anglican or Episcopal Church, that takes place in the early hours of the evening; originally, and sometimes still, an alternative name for vespers or a service combining vespers and compline.
- On Wednesday last, after taking Evensong at the church, I was leaving the vestry when a lady stepped forward and asked if she might speak to me privately.
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