violin

noun
🔊/ˌvaɪəˈlɪn/
🔊/ˌvaɪəˈlɪn/
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  1. a musical instrument with strings, which you hold under your chin and play with a bow小提琴
    • Brahms’ violin concerto勃拉姆斯的小提琴协奏曲
    • Bach’s sonatas and partitas for solo violin巴赫的无伴奏小提琴奏鸣曲与组曲
    • The cello is a member of the violin family.大提琴是提琴家族的一员。
    compare viola see also fiddleTopics Musica2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • first
    • second
    • solo
    verb + violin
    • tune
    violin + noun
    • bow
    • string
    • case
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    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Italian violino, diminutive of viola (see viola).