| 单词 | lute |
| 释义 | lute lute1 /looht/, n. , v. , luted, luting. n. 1. a stringed musical instrument having a long, fretted neck and a hollow, typically pear-shaped body with a vaulted back. v.i. 2. to play a lute. v.t. 3. to perform (music) on a lute: a musician skilled at luting Elizabethan ballads. 4. to express (a feeling, mood, etc.) by means of a lute: The minstrel eloquently luted his melancholy. [1325-75; ME < MF, OF < OPr laut < Ar al 'ud lit., the wood] lute2 /looht/, n. , v. , luted, luting. n. 1. luting. v.t. 2. to seal or cement with luting. [1375-1425; late ME < ML lutum, special use of L lutum mud, clay] lute3 /looht/, n. , v. , luted, luting. n. 1. a paving tool for spreading and smoothing concrete, consisting of a straightedge mounted transversely on a long handle. v.t. 2. to spread and smooth (concrete in a pavement) with a lute. [1870-75, Amer.; < D loet] |
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