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archlute

/ahrch-loot/US // ˈɑrtʃˌlut //

拱门,拱形门,弓箭手,拱形物

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a lute with two pegboxes, one for the stopped strings and the other for the bass strings, which run outside the fingerboard.

Examples

  • The archlute, or bass-theorbo, is the largest sized kind of the theorbo, or lute with a double neck.

  • There was also an archlute, which in its largest form—six feet in height—was known as the chitarrone.

  • A fine reproduction of Lady Mary Sidney and her archlute faces the title-page of the book.

  • I can read and write, and my mother taught me to play upon the archlute and to sing.