- [countable]
words or phrases that a group of people shout or sing again and again 反复呼喊的话语;重复唱的歌词 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- ritual
- traditional
- Gregorian
- …
- sing
- keep up
- hear
- …
- amid chants
- to chants
- chant of
- …
- [countable, uncountable]
a religious song or prayer or a way of singing, using only a few notes that are repeated many times (音调简单重复的)圣歌,祷文,吟唱 a Buddhist chant 佛教唱诵
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- ritual
- traditional
- Gregorian
- …
- sing
- keep up
- hear
- …
- amid chants
- to chants
- chant of
- …
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘sing’): from Old French chanter ‘sing’, from Latin cantare, frequentative of canere ‘sing’.