lyre

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈlaɪ.ə/|/lɑə̯ ~ lɑː/    美 /ˈlaɪ.ɚ/|/laɪɹ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  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.
  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.
  3. A lyre-shaped sheet music holder that attaches to a wind instrument when a music stand is impractical.
  4. A composer of lyric poetry. obsolete
动词 v.
  1. to play the lyre rare
    — Alas, far times ago / A woman lyred here / In the evenfall; one who fain did so / From year to year; / And, in loneliness bending wistfully, / Would wake each note / In sick sad rote, / None to listen or see!

词形变化

lyres plural lyres present,singular,third-person lyring participle,present lyred participle,past lyred past

词汇关系

近义词
yoke lute
衍生词
bell lyre lyre-guitar lyreless lyrelike lyre snake lyre sponge lyretail lyre-tailed lyrichord lyriferous lyriform lyrism lyrist
相关词
Lyra lyrate lyrebird lyric lyrical

词源

词源 1
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.
词源 2
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.
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