英语词汇“lyre”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

A lyre is a stringed musical instrument that looks like a very small harp. Ancient Greek art includes many pictures of people playing the lyre.

In Greek mythology, the god Hermes created the first lyre from the entrails of Apollo's cows. Rather than being angry about the stolen cattle, when Apollo heard the lyre's music, he was enchanted. While musicians today play many versions of lyre-like instruments, the lyre itself is thought of as an antique, mostly of historical interest. While experts know that the root lyra is a Greek word, its origin is unknown.

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lyre: lyres

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Other paintings bring to mind a lyre and a yoke or a helmet and a trident.

New York Times(Dec 29, 2016)

On mahogany furniture, he applied gilded ornaments in the shapes of griffins, dolphins, lyres, wreaths and ribbons.

New York Times(Oct 20, 2016)

"We had a vision of some guy sitting there playing the lyre," he said.

Los Angeles Times(Sep 17, 2016)

n a harp used by ancient Greeks for accompaniment

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trigon

a triangular lyre of ancient Greece and Rome

harp

a chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers

单词	lyre
释义	lyre (once / 1924 pages) n A lyre is a stringed musical instrument that looks like a very small harp. Ancient Greek art includes many pictures of people playing the lyre. In Greek mythology, the god Hermes created the first lyre from the entrails of Apollo's cows. Rather than being angry about the stolen cattle, when Apollo heard the lyre's music, he was enchanted. While musicians today play many versions of lyre-like instruments, the lyre itself is thought of as an antique, mostly of historical interest. While experts know that the root lyra is a Greek word, its origin is unknown. WORD FAMILY lyre: lyres USAGE EXAMPLES Other paintings bring to mind a lyre and a yoke or a helmet and a trident. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) On mahogany furniture, he applied gilded ornaments in the shapes of griffins, dolphins, lyres, wreaths and ribbons. New York Times(Oct 20, 2016) "We had a vision of some guy sitting there playing the lyre," he said. Los Angeles Times(Sep 17, 2016) n a harp used by ancient Greeks for accompaniment Hypo\|Hyper trigon a triangular lyre of ancient Greece and Rome harp a chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers
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