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paean

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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pae·an /ˈpiːən/ noun [countable]  literaryALPRAISE a happy song of praise, thanks, or victory 赞歌;感恩歌;凯歌
Examples from the Corpus
paeanGiuliani turned his answer into a paean to the police.It turns the essential artifice of this new delivery system into an asset, making the film seem a paean to plastic.His first column was a paean to the ingenuity, resolve, and bravery represented by the massive Berlin airlift.The end is no wild and glorious pagan racket, but rather a noble, meticulously layered paean.Had he been, he would have made Michael Codron's chastisement seem like a love paean.Many classic Tinseltown films are veritable paeans to white supremacy.
Origin paean (1500-1600) Latin song to the Greek god Apollo, from Greek paion, from Paion, name given to Apollo in the song
pae·an nounChineseSyllable
victory praise, of Corpus song a thanks, or happy


paean
paean /ˈpiːən/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1500-1600
 Language: Latin
 Origin: 'song to the Greek god Apollo', from Greek paion, from Paion, name given to Apollo in the song
literary a happy song of praise, thanks, or victory


paeanBrE /ˈpiːən/ 🔊NAmE /ˈpiːən/ 🔊 noun (literary) a song of praise or victory 赞歌;凯歌