violin

名词 n. 动词 v.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin and played with a bow.
    — When I play it like this, it's a fiddle; when I play it like this, it's a violin.
  2. Any instrument of the violin family, always inclusive of violins, violas and cellos, and sometimes further including the double bass. proscribed,sometimes
    — The string quartet, one of the most popular groupings in chamber music, is composed entirely of violins: two violins proper, one viola, and one cello.
  3. A violinist in an orchestra or group. metonymically
    — The violins are seated with sufficient elbow room.
动词 v.
  1. To play on, or as if on, a violin. ambitransitive

词形变化

violins plural violins present,singular,third-person violining participle,present violined participle,past violined past

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Medieval Latin *vitulader.
Old Occitan violabor.?
Italian viola
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
Proto-Italic *-īnos
Latin -īnus
Italian -ino
Italian violinoder.
English violin
Derived from Italian violino (“little viola”), from viola + -ino.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Medieval Latin *vitulader.
Old Occitan violabor.?
Italian viola
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos
Proto-Italic *-īnos
Latin -īnus
Italian -ino
Italian violinoder.
English violin
Derived from Italian violino (“little viola”), from viola + -ino.
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