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Psalm English Partly Sung Stringed Sɑ:M N 赞美诗,圣诗

单词 psalm
音标 [sɑ:m]
解释 n. 赞美诗,圣诗
红宝书 【英】 n.赞美诗,圣诗(a sacred song or poem used in worship)
【记】 主要指圣经中的赞美 诗(Book of Psalms)
字源 psalm (n.)
Old English psealm, salm, partly from Old French psaume, saume, partly from Church Latin psalmus, from Greek psalmos "song sung to a harp," originally "performance on stringed instrument; a plucking of the harp" (compare psaltes "harper"), from psallein "play on a stringed instrument, pull, twitch" (see feel (v.)).
Used in Septuagint for Hebrew mizmor "song," especially the sort sung by David to the harp. Related: Psalmodize; psalmody. After some hesitation, the pedantic ps- spelling prevailed in English, as it was in many neighboring languages (German, French, etc.), but English is almost alone in not pronouncing the p-.
不择手段背单词
趣味全助记 【记】是一种poem 诗,与hymn(赞美诗, 圣歌)相同,反过来念是:弥撒,做弥撒时要唱赞美诗

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