lyre
lyre 英 [ˈlaɪə(r)] 美 [laɪr]
n. （古希腊的）七弦竖琴
名词复数:lyres
- 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.
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- n. （古希腊的）七弦竖琴
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1. He could inspire all feelings expressed in hymns.With his gold lyre and his sweet voice he led the choir of the Muses.
他能够激发出人们在圣歌中表达的各种情感；他手拿金里拉，用悦耳的声音指挥着缪斯女神的合唱队。
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2. The music from his lyre was so wonderful that stones marched into their own places in rhythmic time when he helped Poseidon build up the walls of Troy.
当他帮助波塞冬建造特洛伊城墙时，里拉弹奏的声音太美妙了，以致于石头都有节奏的自动地各就其位。
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3. Apollo never forgot his boy friend；but sang about him to the accompaniment of his wonderful lyre till the name of Hyacinthus was known and loved all over.
阿波罗无法忘记这位小男孩朋友，就用他神奇的七弦琴伴奏歌颂海先得斯，直到他的名字为全希腊所熟知喜爱。
- lyre (n.) harp-like instrument, c. 1200, from Old French lire "lyre" (12c.), from Latin lyra, from Greek lyra, a foreign loan-word of uncertain origin. The thing itself is said to be Egyptian, though it became the national musical instrument of ancient Greece. In 18c.-19c. especially the symbol of lyric poetry. Lyra as the name of the ancient northern constellation supposed to resemble a lyre is attested in English from 1650s; the Lyraid (1876) meteors (c. April 20) appear to radiate from there. The lyre-bird (1853) of Australia is so called from the shape of its tail. Related: Lyrate "shaped like a lyre."
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