anthem

anthem

英 ['ænθəm]
　　美 ['ænθəm]

n. 贊美詩；聖歌
　　vt. 唱聖歌慶祝；唱贊歌

中文詞源：

anthem 國歌

來自希臘詞antiphona傳入古英語的變體。前綴anti-, 相對。詞根phone, 聲音，歌。指對歌，神聖的音樂。後在英語裡特指國歌。

例句：

1. At his bidding, the delegates rose and sang the national anthem.
按照他的要求，代表們起立唱國歌。

2. During the playing of the national anthem the crowd roared and whistled.
在播放國歌的時候，人們喊叫著，吹著口哨。

3. And then the orchestra struck up the National Anthem.
然後管弦樂隊奏起瞭國歌。

4. They were to fire a salvo of blanks, after the national anthem.
奏完國歌後，他們將同時發射空彈。

5. The European anthem was played at the opening and closing ceremonies.
歐洲頌歌在開幕式和閉幕式上演奏。