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
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.
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