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play the double-bass
指演奏乐器时，乐器前通常加 the。
She plays the double-bass in the school orchestra.
她在学校管弦乐队里演奏低音提琴。
低音提琴
double-basses — plural of double-bass
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低音提琴
double-bass
She plays the double-bass in the school orchestra.
她在学校管弦乐队里演奏低音提琴。
低音提琴
s pitched an octave below normal bass instrumental or vocal range
She plays the double-bass in the school orchestra.
她在学校管弦乐队里演奏低音提琴。
The double-bass is the largest bowed string instrument in the orchestra.
低音提琴是管弦乐队中最大的弓弦乐器。
We need two double-basses for the concert.
音乐会我们需要两把低音提琴。
指演奏乐器时，乐器前通常加 the。
She plays the double-bass in the school orchestra.
她在学校管弦乐队里演奏低音提琴。
He is a double-bass player in a jazz band.
他是爵士乐队里的低音提琴手。
The music school bought a double-bass for the new student.
音乐学校为新生买了一把低音提琴。
Not this
I bought a double-base for my son.
Use this
I bought a double-bass for my son.
“double-bass”是低音提琴；“base”是基础、底部等意思，二者同音 /beɪs/，学习者容易混淆拼写。表示乐器时应写成“bass”。
Not this
She plays double-bass in the school orchestra.
Use this
She plays the double-bass in the school orchestra.
英语中谈论演奏乐器时，乐器名词前通常要用定冠词“the”（如 play the piano）。中文没有冠词，所以学习者常漏掉，加上“the”才符合英语习惯。
Not this
The orchestra has two double-bass.
Use this
The orchestra has two double-basses.
double-bass 是可数名词，表示“两把低音提琴”要用复数形式 double-basses。中文名词没有复数变化，学习者容易忽略加 -es。
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其复数形式为 double-basses。
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