dithyramb
英 ['dɪθɪræm(b)]
- n. 酒神的赞美歌；狂热的诗
英英释义
- 1. a wildly enthusiastic speech or piece of writing
- 2. (ancient Greece) a passionate hymn (usually in honor of Dionysus)
英文词源
- dithyramb (n.)
- c. 1600, from Latin dithyrambus, from Greek dithyrambos, which is of unknown origin, perhaps a pre-Hellenic loan-word. A wild choric hymn, originally in honor of Dionysus or Bacchus. Related: Dithyrambic.