1590s, from Latin paean "hymn of deliverance," from Greek paian "hymn, chant, hymn to Apollo," from Paian, a name of the god of healing; originally the physician of the gods (in Homer), later merged with Apollo; literally "one who touches" (i.e. "one who heals by a touch"), from paio "to touch, strike."
例文
1. She struck up the first paean on the grand piano.
彼女はそのグランドピアノで最初の賛歌を演奏し始めた。
2.The novel is a paean to the end of empire.
この小説は帝国の寂しい賛歌を奏でた。
3.Here,deducing a paean that advances harmonious society progress.
ここでは、調和のとれた社会の発展を推進する賛歌を演じている。
4.Bushes,spreading waves of insects sound,they tirelessly played with a paean to life,then!