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单词 paean
释义
paean
noun[C]
literary
uk
/ˈpiː.ən/us
/ˈpiː.ən/
asong,film, orpieceof writing thatpraisessomeone or something veryenthusiastically:
赞歌；以颂扬为主题的影片（或短文）；颂赞
Thesongis a paeantosolitudeandindependence.这首歌是赞美独处和独立的。
Synonyms
encomiumformal
panegyricformal
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Praising and applauding
  • acclaim
  • acclamation
  • accolade
  • adulate
  • adulation
  • cheer
  • dispatch
  • eulogistic
  • eulogize
  • eulogy
  • exalt
  • extol
  • honour
  • panegyric
  • panegyrical
  • panegyrist
  • patsomeoneon the backidiom
  • plaudit
  • praise
  • rave
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Types of film, play, book etc.
(Definition ofpaeanfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpaean

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But the poem is not merely apaeanto nature: it describes the deer which roam the mountain and the huntsman who culls.
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Subverting the conventionally gendered economy of vision, this poem celebrates the scopophilic pleasure of women gazing upon the beauty of a woman's body in apaeanto female sexuality.
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The thricerepeated 'lovely - lovely - lovely' is like apaeanmiming the hymn of worship 'holy, holy, holy'.
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I do not want to sound apaeanof triumph over this.
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That announcement was received with the same paeans of joy as the statement was received this evening.
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That is anotherpaeanto the detailed facets of the tax credit.
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I do not go along with the unqualifiedpaeanof praise which we have just heard.
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I am taking part in the debate primarily to deliver a personalpaeanof praise and a vote of thanks.
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It is wonderful to hear thatpaeanto privatisation.
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That is a greatpaeanof praise to the private enterprise capitalist system and how it works.
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I want to comment on the two extremes —first, the paeans of praise.
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But this is not something on which we should indulge in paeans of praise.
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He opened our proceedings today with the customary paeans of praise for the gas industry.
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I desire to join in thepaeanof praise to the right bon.
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I have my suspicions about thispaeanof praise.
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