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theorbo

/thee-awr-boh/US // θiˈɔr boʊ //UK // (θɪˈɔːbəʊ) //

喇叭口,喇叭筒,喇叭裤,喇叭花

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural the·or·bos.

    • : an obsolete bass lute with two sets of strings attached to separate peg boxes, one above the other, on the neck.

Examples

  • At noon played on my Theorbo, and much pleased therewith; it is now altered with a new neck.

  • She was aught drawing, singing, and to play on the theorbo; had learning, and wrote very agreeable verses.

  • Some gust from brave Elizabethan times must have warmed his spirit, as he sat tuning his sublime theorbo.

  • The largest member of the ancient lute family—the bass lute or theorbo—has been identified with the barbiton.

  • It was a kind of theorbo or bass-lute, but with one neck only, bent back at right angles to form the head.