音标:['pi:әn] ;
n. 凯歌, 欢乐歌, 赞美歌
n. (ancient Greece) a hymn of praise (especially one sung in ancient Greece to invoke or thank a deity)
词型变化:名词复数形式 : paeans
考试类型:[GRE]
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paean的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. It is a paean of the history of mankind.那是人类历史上不断重演着的赞歌。
  2. The novel is a paean to the end of empire.该小说奏响了一个帝国落寞的赞歌。

经典引文

  • Dunne's excellent long article about California..is an unbroken paean.

    出自:Clive James
  • The novel is a paean to marriage.

    出自:A. Burgess
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