单词	lute
释义	lute From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Musiclutelute /luːt/ noun  [countable]APM a musical instrument like a guitar with a round body, played with the fingers or a plectrum (=small piece of plastic, metal etc), especially in the past —lutenist /ˈluːtənɪst/ noun [countable]Examples from the Corpuslute• She was aware of her body, realising that it was taut as a lute string with anticipation.• The allure of pipes, of a lute, of a lyre, a flute.• Here too he started to write hymns which he would sing to his own accompaniment on a lute.• The moon went behind a cloud, and Guy heard Blondel dear his throat and touch the strings of his lute.• He flew into a rage with him and brained him with his lute.• The second lute song, Essex's own poem, does not stand out unduly.• The classical mandolin -- as opposed to its slightly different bluegrass cousin -- looks like a stunted lute.• The lute also provided the music for the game of musical chairs they played, with cushions laid in a row.Origin lute (1200-1300) Old French lut, from Old Provençal laut, from Arabic al-'ud “the wood”
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