lyre

FREQ #32713

n. 里拉(古希腊乐器), 琵琶类乐器 [医] 琴, 琴形物

发音

UK /ˈlaɪ.ə/
其它
UK /lɑə̯ ~ lɑː/
US /ˈlaɪ.ɚ/
US /laɪɹ/

词形变化

lyres 复数 lyres lyred lyres 三单 lyring lyring 现在分词 lyred 过去式 lyred 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An ancient stringed musical instrument (a yoke lute chordophone) of Greek origin, consisting of two arms extending from a body to a crossbar (a yoke), and strings, parallel to the soundboard, connecting the body to the yoke.

    里拉

    音乐
  2. 2.

    An ancient stringed musical instrument (a yoke lute chordophone) of Greek origin, consisting of two arms extending from a body to a crossbar (a yoke), and strings, parallel to the soundboard, connecting the body to the yoke.

    Any instrument of the same musicological classification; any yoke lute.

    音乐
  3. 3.

    A lyre-shaped sheet music holder that attaches to a wind instrument when a music stand is impractical.

  4. 4.

    A composer of lyric poetry.

    废旧
v.
  1. 1.

    to play the lyre

    罕用

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

harp

下位词 1

trigon

相关短语

lyre snake [网络] 琴蛇 lyre snakes lyre sponge bell lyre = bell-lyra

词源

From Middle English lire (13th c.), from Old French lire, from Latin lyra, from Ancient Greek λύρᾱ (lúrā, “lyre, a stringed instrument with a sounding-board formed of the shell of a tortoise”). Doublet of lira, lyra, and Lyra.

来源：wiktionary