(noun.) a harp used by ancient Greeks for accompaniment.
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双语例句
They'll see her lyre, won't they? 查尔斯·狄更斯.匹克威克外传.
They abounded in China, in India, and in Egypt before the lyre of Apollo was invented, or the charming harp of Orpheus was conceived. 威廉·亨利·杜利特.世纪发明.
That is a dream of the lyre, not of the sword, replied Caliphronas, carelessly glancing at his watch. 弗格斯·休姆.奇幻岛.
This Apollo, for instance, he said, as they paused before a life-sized nude figure holding a lyre, was found at Delos and brought to me. 弗格斯·休姆.奇幻岛.
Epic poem--ten thousand lines-- revolution of July--composed it on the spot--Mars by day, Apollo by night--bang the field-piece, twang the lyre. 查尔斯·狄更斯.匹克威克外传.
Your heart is a lyre, Robert; but the lot of your life has not been a minstrel to sweep it, and it is often silent. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
You should be draped in white robes, bear an ivory lyre, and minister to Apollo the Far-Darter. 弗格斯·休姆.奇幻岛.
The lyre and the harp may be permitted in the town, and the Pan's-pipe in the fields. 柏拉图.理想国.
There remain then only the lyre and the harp for use in the city, and the shepherds may have a pipe in the country. 柏拉图.理想国.
O for the lyre of some Orpheus, to constrain, with touch of melodious strings, these mad masses into Order! 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.