[with obj.]chant or intone 吟唱,吟咏 priests were incanting psalms round her body. 牧师们在她尸体周围吟唱着圣歌。
语源
mid 16th cent. (in the sense 'use enchantment on'): from Latin incantare 'to chant, charm', from in- (expressing intensive force) + cantare 'sing'. The current sense dates from the mid 20th cent