Chant

(noun.) a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone.

(verb.) recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm; 'The rabbi chanted a prayer'.

校对:卢埃林

• Papa, you are satirical, you are méchant! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• I think he is what he himself would call 'méchant,' said Dr. Bretton. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• But who, in the saint's name, ever expected to have heard such a jolly chant come from out a hermit's cell at midnight! 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Let the high Muse chant loves Olympian: We are but mortals, and must sing of man. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• But there was no magic in the relics and little conviction about the chanting. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Here an ancient monastery, whence the solemn chanting of the monks came down to them. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• A chanting cherub adorned the cover of the sugar bucket, and attempts to portray Romeo and Juliet supplied kindling for some time. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Tradition has preserved some wild strophes of the barbarous hymn which she chanted wildly amid that scene of fire and of slaughter:-- 1. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Chanted originally to the chiefs and leading men in hall, they were now recited at the public festivals. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Priscus describes how bards chanted before Attila. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Thanks being returned for what we had not got, and a second hymn chanted, the refectory was evacuated for the schoolroom. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Hagar, the witch, chanted an awful incantation over her kettleful of simmering toads, with weird effect. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• On voyait bien que les ouvriers de ce pays étaient à la fois betes et méchants. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.

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