lyre
lyre — noun
1. an old musical instrument with a U-shaped frame and strings stretched across it.
an old musical instrument with a U-shaped frame and strings stretched across it. People in ancient Greece played it with their fingers or with a small stick, often to go with singing or telling stories.
Emre learned to play the lyre for his school project on ancient Greece.
collocation: play the lyre
In the museum, Sora saw a gold lyre that was over two thousand years old.
collocation: gold lyre / ancient lyre
The storyteller held a lyre and sang about the adventures of heroes and gods.
During music class, Jenna learned that a lyre has seven strings made of sheep gut.
At the history festival, Eliska heard a musician play a replica of a Greek lyre.
- harp
a larger string instrument with a triangular frame; the harp is played upright and has a different sound, while the lyre is smaller, U-shaped, and was often used while walking or sitting
- kithara
a larger, heavier type of ancient Greek string instrument related to the lyre but with a wooden soundbox and used by professional musicians
文法句型
the + lyre
a + lyre
用法筆記
Often appears in discussions of ancient Greek mythology, music, and daily life. Modern lyres are sometimes made for historical performances or classroom use.