canticle

IPA/ˈkæntɪkl/
IPA/ˈkæntɪkl/

canticle — 名詞

  • canticlesingular
  • canticlesplural

1. a song used in worship, with lyrics drawn from holy writings such as the Bible.

1.名詞
釋義

聖歌；頌歌

歌詞取自聖經等經文、用於禮拜的歌

a song used in worship, with lyrics drawn from holy writings such as the Bible.

例句

Élise sang a quiet canticle with the church choir before the Sunday sermon.

Élise 在週日講道前，與教堂詩班一起輕聲唱了一首聖歌。

collocation: sing a canticle with the choir

The monks chanted a canticle at dawn while the candles slowly burned down.

僧侶們在黎明時吟唱聖歌，蠟燭慢慢燃盡。

用法筆記

Countable noun, so the singular needs a determiner (a canticle, the canticle) and a service can include several canticles.

常見錯誤

The choir sang canticle after the reading.
The choir sang a canticle after the reading.
canticle is countable, so the singular needs a or the.