a wild choral hymn of ancient Greece, especially one dedicated to Dionysus (尤指献给狄俄尼索斯的)古希腊合唱赞美诗;酒神的赞美歌 ■a passionate or inflated speech, poem, or other writing 充满激情的(或夸张的)讲话(诗歌或其他作品)
派生 dithyrambic adjective 语源
early 17th cent.: via Latin from Greek dithurambos, of unknown ultimate origin