lute
/l(j)uːt/
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Simple Meaning
一种古老的弦乐器，像吉他，用手指弹奏。
When to Use
📚Academic Writing📝Exam Vocabulary
Advanced — complex ideas, academic/professional
Examples in Conversation
“他在中世纪集市上用鲁特琴弹奏了一首优美的曲子。”
“我以前从未见过鲁特琴——它难学吗？”
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▶Full Definition
A fretted stringed instrument of European origin, similar to the guitar, having a bowl-shaped body or soundbox; any of a wide variety of chordophones with a pear-shaped body and a neck whose upper surface is in the same plane as the soundboard, with strings along the neck and parallel to the soundboard.