chant

Word family

Related topics: Music, Religion & thought

chant1 /tʃɑːnt $ tʃænt/ verb [intransitiveI, transitiveT]

1 AGAINto repeat a word or phrase again and again 〔有节奏地反复地〕唱，喊叫

protesters chanting anti-government slogans

反复呼喊反政府口号的抗议者

2 APMSINGto sing or say a religious song or prayer in a way that involves using only one note or tone 吟唱〔圣歌〕；吟诵〔赞美诗〕

a priest chanting the liturgy

念诵祈祷文的牧师

Examples from the Corpus

chant• Protesters clapped and chanted.• She chanted aloud: now and at the hour of our death amen.• The old man continued to chant and Corbett suddenly felt more relaxed.• We could hear monks chanting as we entered the monastery.• You just sit on the ground, chant, douse yourself with gasoline and light a match.• DiMaggio came to the window as the crowd chanted, "Joe, Joe!"• Yet each year they continue to chant the get-tough mantra: more funding, more firepower and stiffer sanctions.• The priests and deacons chanted the liturgy that has barely changed in more than a thousand years.• He was there when the killers streamed down from the surrounding hills, chanting war cries.• I just hope they're chanting when we win the Championship.

Related topics: Music, Religion & thought

chant2 noun [countableC]

1 SINGwords or phrases that are repeated again and again by a group of people 反复呼喊的话语

Others in the crowd took up the chant (=began chanting).

人群中的其他人开始一遍遍呼喊起来。

chant of

chants of ‘oh no, we won’t go’

“不，我们不去”的呼喊声

2. APMa regularly repeated tune, often with many words sung on one note, especially used for religious prayers 反复唱的调子〔尤指圣歌〕

—chanter noun [countableC]

Examples from the Corpus

chant• Between each song, a chant pushes up like a hushed inhale, murmuring from a hesitant corner.• Computer science is a bit like a Gregorian chant a one-line melody changing state within larger scale sections.• The music is as old as Gregorian chant and as fresh as a Disney soundtrack.• There's the Andamans, where they never talk, just converse entirely in song - a sort of chant.• Demonstrators blew whistles and screamed protest chants.• When was the last time you heard that chant in the Coliseum?• The chant was deafeningly clear from the outset.• Other examples of these chants are to be found in Chapter 5.

Origin chant1

(1300-1400) Old French chanter “to sing”, from Latin cantare, from canere

chant1 verbchant2 noun

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