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单词 mandolin
释义

mandolin

noun

man·​do·​lin ˌman-də-ˈlin How to pronounce mandolin (audio)
ˈman-də-lən
variants or less commonly mandoline
ˌman-də-ˈlēn How to pronounce mandolin (audio)
ˈman-də-lən
1
: a musical instrument of the lute family that has a usually pear-shaped body and fretted neck and four to six pairs of strings
2
usually mandoline [French, from Italian mandolino mandolin] : a kitchen utensil with a blade for slicing and shredding
mandolinist
ˌman-də-ˈli-nist How to pronounce mandolin (audio)
noun

Illustration of mandolin

Illustration of mandolin
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Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Monroe took his own Gibson F-5 mandolin off his shoulder and put it on Skaggs. Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 25 June 2022 Abandoning their former instruments for something more folk-rock-friendly, Seals took up the guitar and Crofts learned the mandolin. Chris Willman, Variety, 7 June 2022 While his father worked in Portsmouth, young Leonard learned farming and hunting as well as playing mandolin and calling square dances. Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 19 June 2022 Not just any bread though: the star is a wafer-thin flatbread studded with herbs and mandolin-thin slices of vegetables, like fossils set in amber. Liam Hess, Vogue, 11 May 2022 The instrumental intro brought an additional twist, with Bunetta blending a mandolin, a piano played in octaves and couple of electric guitar notes to build a compact line that uses a portion of the chorus melody to introduce the song. Tom Roland, Billboard, 10 May 2022 Like David, the mandolin-playing Zippi, a Slovak, was a young musical prodigy, the only child performing with the Czechoslovak Radio Orchestra. Alissa Simon, Variety, 2 May 2022 Classical piano virtuoso by Lisa Weiss, klezmer and jazz woodwind by Seth Kibel, mandolin by Joel-Michael-Schwartz, and hammered dulcimer player and old-time fiddle by Ken Kolodner. John Coffren, Baltimore Sun, 21 Apr. 2022 The band transformed the late-night show’s stage into a fanciful forest, complete with a creepy mandolin-playing rabbit and frontman Rivers Cuomo sporting a pair of pointy elf ears. Kat Bouza, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Italian mandolino, diminutive of mandola

First Known Use

1707, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

mandolin

noun

man·​do·​lin ˌman-də-ˈlin How to pronounce mandolin (audio)
ˈman-də-lən
: a musical instrument with four pairs of strings played by plucking
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