lyren.¹

/lʌɪə/

Forms: Also Middle English lire.

Etymology: < French lyre, Old French lire (12th cent. in Littré), < Latin lyra, < Greek λύρα.

a. A stringed instrument of the harp kind, used by the Greeks for accompanying song and recitation.The word is used to translate the Greek κιθάρα (in Homer κίθαρις) and ϕόρμιγξ, as well as λύρα; also sometimes used interchangeably with harp n.¹ Aeolian lyre: see Aeolian adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > harp or lyre > [noun] > lyre

lyrec1275

lyraa1586

shell1747

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 3491 Of harpe & of salterium. of fiðele & of coriun of timpe & of lire.

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Lira, an instrument of musicke called a lyre [1611 Lyra] or a harp.

1646 R. Crashaw Musicks Duell in Steps to Temple 105 A holy quire Founded to th' Name of great Apollo's lyre.

1656 A. Cowley Davideis i. 4 in Poems The tuneful strings of David's Lyre.

1697 J. Dryden Alexander's Feast vi. 6 Now strike the Golden Lyre again.

1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. i. 197 To Phemius was consign'd the chorded Lyre.

a1774 O. Goldsmith Surv. Exper. Philos. (1776) II. 190 The Eolian lyre is easily made, being nothing more than a long narrow box of thin deal [etc.].

1876 H. N. Humphreys Coin Coll. Man. v. 45 He [Arion] generally holds in one hand the lyre and in the other the plectrum.

b. figurative chiefly as the symbol of lyric poetry.

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society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > lyric poem > [noun] > symbol of lyric poetry

lyre1684

shell1747

1684 J. Dryden To Memory Mr. Oldham sig. A4, in J. Oldham Wks. & Remains One common Note on either Lyre did strike, And Knaves and Fools we both abhorr'd alike.

1757 T. Gray Ode I i. i, in Odes 5 Awake, Æolian lyre, awake.

1782 W. Cowper Charity in Poems 185 The painters pencil and the poets lyre.

1820 P. B. Shelley Ode to West Wind v, in Prometheus Unbound 192 Make me thy lyre, even as the forest is.

1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) II. xii. 123 If we had been permitted to compare the happiest productions of the Æolian, the Dorian, and the Ionian lyre.

1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam xciv. 142 One indeed I knew In many a subtle question versed, Who touched a jarring lyre at first, But ever strove to make it true.

2. Astronomy. = lyra n. 2.

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the world > the universe > constellation > Northern constellations > [noun] > Lyra

harp1556

vulture1639

lyra1658

lyre1868

1868 W. Lockyer & J. N. Lockyer tr. A. Guillemin Heavens (ed. 3) 348 Vega, the brightest star in the constellation of the Lyre.

3. Anatomy. = lyra n. 4.

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1900 Deaver Surg. Anat. II. 522 The fibres of the under surface of the fornix behind are so arranged as to give rise to the designation the lyre.

4. ‘A grade of isinglass; a trade name’ ( Cent. Dict. 1890).

ΚΠ

1856 Encycl. Brit. XII. 628/2 art. Isinglass For long and short staple, it is twisted between three pegs, into the shape of a horse-shoe, harp, or lyre.]

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

lyre-affecting adj.

ΚΠ

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Aime-lyre,..Harpe-louing, Lyre-affecting.

C2.

lyre-bat n. a species of bat, Megaderma lyra.

lyre-bird n. an Australian bird, Menura superba or M. novæhollandiæ, resembling a pheasant with a beautiful lyre-shaped tail.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > [noun] > family Menuridae (lyre-bird)

mockingbird1777

mountain pheasant1800

Menura1802

lyre-bird1834

buln-buln1857

lyre-tailed pheasant1885

1834 G. Bennett Wanderings New S. Wales I. 277 The ‘Native or Wood-pheasant’, or ‘Lyre bird’ of the colonists.

1872 A. Domett Ranolf & Amohia i. iii. 7 Curved like the lyre-bird's tail half spread.

lyre-fish n. the Harp-fish or Piper, Trigla lyra.

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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Scorpaeniformes (scorpion-fish) > [noun] > family Triglidae (gurnards) > genus Trigla > trigla lyra (piper)

piper1585

piper fish1585

sea-hen1611

sea-poult1658

werrell1658

harp-fish1661

lyra1706

lyre-fish1884

1884 Longman's Mag. Mar. 530 The gurnards, one of which is known as the lyre-fish.

lyre-flower n. Dielytra spectabilis (Cassell).

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lyre-man n. U.S. a cicada or harvest-fly.

lyre-pheasant n. = lyre-bird n.

lyre-shaped adj. = lyrate adj.

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the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > [adjective] > compound or lobed

cut1565

winged1668

pinnate1687

conjugated1690

trifoliated1698

auriculated1712

auriculate1714

pennate1723

pinnated1725

pennated1727

bigeminate1753

lyrated1753

pedated1753

pinnatifid1753

supradecomposite1753

supradecompound1753

ternated1753

trifoliate1753

lyrate1760

pedate1760

quinate1760

ternate1760

tripinnate1760

palmed1767

bilobated1770

lyre-shaped1778

pennatifid1778

finger-parted1783

superdecompound1783

bipinnate1785

biternate1785

conjugate1785

lobed1787

tergeminate1793

wing-cleft1796

yoked?1803

binate1807

septenate1807

trijugous1813

auricled1821

pinniform1821

multijugous1828

pinnulate1828

trifoliolate1828

bipinnatifid1830

multifoliolate1831

multijugate1831

quinquefoliolate1832

bifoliolate1835

pinnatisected1837

palmatifid1839

tripinnatifid1839

foliate1840

palmatipartite1840

pinnatilobate1840

pinnatipartite1840

pinnatisect1840

bipinnated1842

biconjugate1847

imparipinnate1847

paripinnate1851

pinnatulate1855

polytomous1856

multifoliate1857

pennati-partite1857

pennati-sected1857

ternato-pinnate1857

tripinnatisect1857

patentoternate1859

septemfoliate1859

bipinnatipartite1861

bipinnatisected1861

bipalmate1864

pinnatilobed1866

septenous1866

cut-leaved1870

lobing1870

ternatisect1870

tripinnated1876

trijugate1880

jugate1887

pinnulated1890

trisect1899

tridigitate1900

trigeminous1900

the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > shape > [adjective] > lyre-shaped

lyrated1753

lyrate1760

lyre-shaped1778

1778 Encycl. Brit. II. 1297/1 [article Botany] Lyratum, lyre-shaped; i.e. divided transversely into oblong horizontal segments, of which the lower ones are lesser and more distant from each other than the upper ones.

1901 Q. Rev. July 232 Spiral, lyre-shaped horns.

lyre-tail n. = lyre-bird n.

lyre-tailed pheasant n. of Australia = lyre-bird n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > [noun] > family Menuridae (lyre-bird)

mockingbird1777

mountain pheasant1800

Menura1802

lyre-bird1834

buln-buln1857

lyre-tailed pheasant1885

1885 ‘Wanderer’ Beauteous Terrorist 60 And have we no visions pleasant Of the playful lyre-tailed pheasant?

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lyre-turtle n. U.S. the leather back or trunk-turtle, Dermochelys coriaceus.

† lyre-viol n. Obsolete = lyra viol n. at lyra n. Compounds 2.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > bowable instrument > [noun] > viol > lyra viol

lyra viol1652

lyre-viol1660

viola bastarda1724

1660 S. Pepys Diary 17 Nov. (1970) I. 295 Then to my Lyra viall and to bed.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	lyre
释义	lyren.¹ /lʌɪə/ Forms: Also Middle English lire. Etymology: < French lyre, Old French lire (12th cent. in Littré), < Latin lyra, < Greek λύρα. 1. a. A stringed instrument of the harp kind, used by the Greeks for accompanying song and recitation.The word is used to translate the Greek κιθάρα (in Homer κίθαρις) and ϕόρμιγξ, as well as λύρα; also sometimes used interchangeably with harp n.¹ Aeolian lyre: see Aeolian adj. 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > harp or lyre > [noun] > lyre lyrec1275 lyraa1586 shell1747 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 3491 Of harpe & of salterium. of fiðele & of coriun of timpe & of lire. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Lira, an instrument of musicke called a lyre [1611 Lyra] or a harp. 1646 R. Crashaw Musicks Duell in Steps to Temple 105 A holy quire Founded to th' Name of great Apollo's lyre. 1656 A. Cowley Davideis i. 4 in Poems The tuneful strings of David's Lyre. 1697 J. Dryden Alexander's Feast vi. 6 Now strike the Golden Lyre again. 1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. i. 197 To Phemius was consign'd the chorded Lyre. a1774 O. Goldsmith Surv. Exper. Philos. (1776) II. 190 The Eolian lyre is easily made, being nothing more than a long narrow box of thin deal [etc.]. 1876 H. N. Humphreys Coin Coll. Man. v. 45 He [Arion] generally holds in one hand the lyre and in the other the plectrum. b. figurative chiefly as the symbol of lyric poetry. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > lyric poem > [noun] > symbol of lyric poetry lyre1684 shell1747 1684 J. Dryden To Memory Mr. Oldham sig. A4, in J. Oldham Wks. & Remains One common Note on either Lyre did strike, And Knaves and Fools we both abhorr'd alike. 1757 T. Gray Ode I i. i, in Odes 5 Awake, Æolian lyre, awake. 1782 W. Cowper Charity in Poems 185 The painters pencil and the poets lyre. 1820 P. B. Shelley Ode to West Wind v, in Prometheus Unbound 192 Make me thy lyre, even as the forest is. 1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) II. xii. 123 If we had been permitted to compare the happiest productions of the Æolian, the Dorian, and the Ionian lyre. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam xciv. 142 One indeed I knew In many a subtle question versed, Who touched a jarring lyre at first, But ever strove to make it true. View more context for this quotation 2. Astronomy. = lyra n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > constellation > Northern constellations > [noun] > Lyra harp1556 vulture1639 lyra1658 lyre1868 1868 W. Lockyer & J. N. Lockyer tr. A. Guillemin Heavens (ed. 3) 348 Vega, the brightest star in the constellation of the Lyre. 3. Anatomy. = lyra n. 4. ΚΠ 1900 Deaver Surg. Anat. II. 522 The fibres of the under surface of the fornix behind are so arranged as to give rise to the designation the lyre. 4. ‘A grade of isinglass; a trade name’ ( Cent. Dict. 1890). ΚΠ 1856 Encycl. Brit. XII. 628/2 art. Isinglass For long and short staple, it is twisted between three pegs, into the shape of a horse-shoe, harp, or lyre.] Compounds C1. General attributive. lyre-affecting adj. ΚΠ 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Aime-lyre,..Harpe-louing, Lyre-affecting. C2. lyre-bat n. a species of bat, Megaderma lyra. lyre-bird n. an Australian bird, Menura superba or M. novæhollandiæ, resembling a pheasant with a beautiful lyre-shaped tail. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > [noun] > family Menuridae (lyre-bird) mockingbird1777 mountain pheasant1800 Menura1802 lyre-bird1834 buln-buln1857 lyre-tailed pheasant1885 1834 G. Bennett Wanderings New S. Wales I. 277 The ‘Native or Wood-pheasant’, or ‘Lyre bird’ of the colonists. 1872 A. Domett Ranolf & Amohia i. iii. 7 Curved like the lyre-bird's tail half spread. lyre-fish n. the Harp-fish or Piper, Trigla lyra. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Scorpaeniformes (scorpion-fish) > [noun] > family Triglidae (gurnards) > genus Trigla > trigla lyra (piper) piper1585 piper fish1585 sea-hen1611 sea-poult1658 werrell1658 harp-fish1661 lyra1706 lyre-fish1884 1884 Longman's Mag. Mar. 530 The gurnards, one of which is known as the lyre-fish. lyre-flower n. Dielytra spectabilis (Cassell). Categories » lyre-man n. U.S. a cicada or harvest-fly. lyre-pheasant n. = lyre-bird n. lyre-shaped adj. = lyrate adj. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > [adjective] > compound or lobed cut1565 winged1668 pinnate1687 conjugated1690 trifoliated1698 auriculated1712 auriculate1714 pennate1723 pinnated1725 pennated1727 bigeminate1753 lyrated1753 pedated1753 pinnatifid1753 supradecomposite1753 supradecompound1753 ternated1753 trifoliate1753 lyrate1760 pedate1760 quinate1760 ternate1760 tripinnate1760 palmed1767 bilobated1770 lyre-shaped1778 pennatifid1778 finger-parted1783 superdecompound1783 bipinnate1785 biternate1785 conjugate1785 lobed1787 tergeminate1793 wing-cleft1796 yoked?1803 binate1807 septenate1807 trijugous1813 auricled1821 pinniform1821 multijugous1828 pinnulate1828 trifoliolate1828 bipinnatifid1830 multifoliolate1831 multijugate1831 quinquefoliolate1832 bifoliolate1835 pinnatisected1837 palmatifid1839 tripinnatifid1839 foliate1840 palmatipartite1840 pinnatilobate1840 pinnatipartite1840 pinnatisect1840 bipinnated1842 biconjugate1847 imparipinnate1847 paripinnate1851 pinnatulate1855 polytomous1856 multifoliate1857 pennati-partite1857 pennati-sected1857 ternato-pinnate1857 tripinnatisect1857 patentoternate1859 septemfoliate1859 bipinnatipartite1861 bipinnatisected1861 bipalmate1864 pinnatilobed1866 septenous1866 cut-leaved1870 lobing1870 ternatisect1870 tripinnated1876 trijugate1880 jugate1887 pinnulated1890 trisect1899 tridigitate1900 trigeminous1900 the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > shape > [adjective] > lyre-shaped lyrated1753 lyrate1760 lyre-shaped1778 1778 Encycl. Brit. II. 1297/1 [article Botany] Lyratum, lyre-shaped; i.e. divided transversely into oblong horizontal segments, of which the lower ones are lesser and more distant from each other than the upper ones. 1901 Q. Rev. July 232 Spiral, lyre-shaped horns. lyre-tail n. = lyre-bird n. lyre-tailed pheasant n. of Australia = lyre-bird n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > [noun] > family Menuridae (lyre-bird) mockingbird1777 mountain pheasant1800 Menura1802 lyre-bird1834 buln-buln1857 lyre-tailed pheasant1885 1885 ‘Wanderer’ Beauteous Terrorist 60 And have we no visions pleasant Of the playful lyre-tailed pheasant? Categories » lyre-turtle n. U.S. the leather back or trunk-turtle, Dermochelys coriaceus. † lyre-viol n. Obsolete = lyra viol n. at lyra n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > bowable instrument > [noun] > viol > lyra viol lyra viol1652 lyre-viol1660 viola bastarda1724 1660 S. Pepys Diary 17 Nov. (1970) I. 295 Then to my Lyra viall and to bed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online September 2021). lyren.² Forms: Also lyer, lyrie, layer, lyar. Etymology: < Danish lire. Orkney and Shetland. The bird Manx Shearwater, Puffinus anglorum. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Procellariiformes > [noun] > member of family Procellariidae (petrel) > member of genus Puffinus (shearwater) > puffinus anglorum (Manx shearwater) puffin1337 pilwater1603 lyre1654 shearwaterc1671 scrabe1676 Manx puffin1678 mackerel cock1772 Manx shearwater1835 scraber1852 1654 Blaeu's Atlas Scot., Orkney The Stour, where buildet that excellent foul, called the Lyer. 1701 J. Brand Brief Descr. Orkney, Zetland 22 The Lyre is a rare and delicious sea fowl. 1776 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, octavo) II. ii. 552 Shear-Water... This species inhabits..the Orkney isles... It is called there the Lyre. 1889 H. Saunders Man. Brit. Birds 719 Lyrie. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.¹c1275n.²1654
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