ukulele
英 [,ju?k?'le?l?]
美['j?k?'leli]
- n. 尤克里里琴（夏威夷的四弦琴，等于ukelele）
詞態變化
復數:?ukuleles;
中文詞源
ukulele 尤克里里（四弦小吉它）
來自夏威夷語，跳蚤，來自uku, 虱子，lele, 跳。因彈奏這種樂器手指如同跳蚤而得名。
英文詞源
- ukulele (n.)
- 1896, from Hawaiian 'ukulele, literally "leaping flea," from 'uku "louse, flea" + lele "to fly, jump, leap." Noted earlier in English as the Hawaiian word for "flea." The instrument so called from the rapid motion of the fingers in playing it. It developed from a Portuguese instrument introduced to the islands c. 1879.
雙語例句
- 1. Acoustic guitar, guitar, ukulele, drum set, violin.
- 木吉他, 電吉他, 優克麗麗, 爵士鼓, 小提琴.
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