Word · Frequency #10279
psalm
诗篇
a sacred song or poem from the Book of Psalms in the Bible
特指《圣经·诗篇》中的150篇之一
- 1.
A sacred song; a poetical composition for use in the praise or worship of God.
圣歌；用于赞美或崇拜上帝的诗歌。
- 2.
One of the hymns by David and others, collected into one book of the Old Testament, or a modern metrical version of such a hymn for public worship.
大卫等人所作赞美诗之一,收于《旧约》诗篇集；或现代韵律诗篇,用于公共崇拜。
圣诗；圣歌；赞美诗；圣歌；用于赞美或崇拜上帝的诗歌。；大卫等人所作赞美诗之一,收于《旧约》诗篇集；或现代韵律诗篇,用于公共崇拜。；圣诗；圣歌
In use
The choir sang a beautiful psalm at the morning service.
She reads one psalm from the Bible every night before bed.
Many old churches have psalms written on the walls.
a psalm of + noun
of 后接表示主题的名词，如 praise、thanksgiving。
They sang a psalm of praise at the ceremony.
他们在仪式上唱了一首赞美诗。
in the Psalms
the Psalms 用复数，专指《旧约》中的《诗篇》卷。
This verse is quoted from the Psalms.
这节经文引自《诗篇》。
Common mistakes
The book contains 150 psalm.The book contains 150 psalms.
psalm 是可数名词，指《诗篇》中的一篇或一首圣诗；有数字 150 修饰时应用复数 psalms。中文名词没有复数变化，所以容易漏掉 -s。
Connections
Collocations
- Book of Psalms
- 《诗篇》(《圣经·旧约》中的一卷)
- She read a passage from the Book of Psalms.她读了《诗篇》中的一段。
- Psalm 23
- 诗篇第23篇
- Psalm 23 is one of the most famous passages in the Bible.诗篇第23篇是《圣经》中最著名的段落之一。
- sing a psalm
- 唱圣诗
- The congregation sang a psalm together.会众一起唱了一首圣诗。
- psalm tune
- 圣诗曲调
- This hymn is set to a traditional psalm tune.这首赞美诗配的是传统的圣诗曲调。
Pop culture & quotes
- Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord.
- 当用诗章、颂词、灵歌彼此对说，口唱心和地赞美主。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
Psalm 里 p 不发音，把 p 当作低头祷告的人影，开口只唱 sɑːm 的圣诗。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：church services、Scripture reading、solemn literary writing psalm 的语域随场合变化：在宗教礼仪或《圣经》语境中属于常用词（中性），在日常口语或普通写作中则显得正式、书面，多指圣诗或诗篇。动词形式极少见，基本只出现在文学或庄严文体中。
Grammar Note
指《圣经》中的《诗篇》卷时，常用复数大写形式 the Psalms。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All six words rhyme with psalm /sɑːm/ in non-rhotic accents (e.g., British RP). Calm, balm, and palm share the spelling pattern 'alm' with a silent l, exactly like psalm. Arm, farm, and harm are spelled with 'arm' and have the same /-ɑːm/ sound when the r is not pronounced. Beware lookalikes: the initial 'p' in psalm is silent, and other 'ps-' words such as psalter (/ˈsɔːltər/) and psychology (/saɪˈkɒlədʒi/) are pronounced very differently.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.