Lyre
[laɪə] or ['laɪɚ]
解釋/意思:
(n.) A stringed instrument of music; a kind of harp much used by the ancients, as an accompaniment to poetry.
(n.) One of the constellations; Lyra. See Lyra.
安东尼娅手打
解釋/意思:
n. a musical instrument like the harp anciently used as an accompaniment to poetry.—n. Ly′ra one of the northern constellations.—adjs. Ly′rate -d (bot.) lyre-shaped.—ns. Lyre′bird an Australian bird about the size of a pheasant having the 16 tail-feathers of the male arranged in the form of a lyre; Lyric (lir′-) a lyric poem: (obs.) a composer of lyric poetry.—adjs. Lyric -al (lir′-) pertaining to the lyre: fitted to be sung to the lyre: written in stanzas: said of poetry which expresses the individual emotions of the poet: that composes lyrics.—ns. Lyricism (lir′-) a lyrical expression or composition; Lyr′ism the art of playing on the lyre; Lyr′ist a player on the lyre or harp.
巴塞洛缪校對
娱乐性解釋/意思：
To dream of listening to the music of a lyre, foretells chaste pleasures and congenial companionship. Business will run smoothly. For a young woman to dream of playing on one, denotes that she will enjoy the undivided affection of a worthy man.
錄入:厄普顿
娱乐性解釋/意思：
n. An ancient instrument of torture. The word is now used in a figurative sense to denote the poetic faculty as in the following fiery lines of our great poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox:
編輯:希娜
例句/造句/用法:
- They'll see her lyre, won't they? 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- They abounded in China, in India, and in Egypt before the lyre of Apollo was invented, or the charming harp of Orpheus was conceived. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- That is a dream of the lyre, not of the sword, replied Caliphronas, carelessly glancing at his watch. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- This Apollo, for instance, he said, as they paused before a life-sized nude figure holding a lyre, was found at Delos and brought to me. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- Epic poem--ten thousand lines-- revolution of July--composed it on the spot--Mars by day, Apollo by night--bang the field-piece, twang the lyre. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Your heart is a lyre, Robert; but the lot of your life has not been a minstrel to sweep it, and it is often silent. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- You should be draped in white robes, bear an ivory lyre, and minister to Apollo the Far-Darter. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- The lyre and the harp may be permitted in the town, and the Pan's-pipe in the fields. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- There remain then only the lyre and the harp for use in the city, and the shepherds may have a pipe in the country. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- O for the lyre of some Orpheus, to constrain, with touch of melodious strings, these mad masses into Order! 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
編輯:纳内特